A3 report: what it is and what it means

The A3 report is a format for condensed analysis and communication developed at Toyota in the 1960s, structured in 8 sections on a single physical sheet: background, current situation, goal, cause analysis, countermeasures, implementation plan, verification of results, standardization. Forced synthesis on a single page signals that the problem has been understood well enough to be solved.

Distinctive: a single physical sheet
Distinctive: forced synthesis on a single page
Essential: 8 sections
Essential: cause analysis
Essential: verification of results
Essential: standardization
Constant: background, current situation, goal

Glossary

A3 report

A format for condensed analysis and communication on a single physical sheet, structured in 8 sections, developed at Toyota.