Make your own Gemba Visual Management Board. As a result, drive Continuous Improvement. Furthermore, problem solve. As a result, guide your team. Furthermore, show status in real time.
What is a Gemba Board?
Gemba is a Japanese term than translates to “the real place”. So, in lean management terms, this means the most important place for a team. For example, the factory floor. Furthermore, the main pillars of Gemba include observation, check, countermeasures, and root cause analysis.
What to include on your Gemba board?
Firstly, choose what to include on your board. So, this could having relevant department sections on your board. In addition, choose to add a problem solving area, such as Root Cause Analysis. Therefore, encourage real time problem solving. Likewise, add document holders to your Gemba board. So, these keep information safe. Furthermore, they allow updates to be made quickly and easily.
Display current status visually on your Gemba Board
Firstly, assess your progress in a visible way. Therefore, it is clear for everyone. Secondly, make it visually engaging. As a result, your team will engage with it. So, for example, make your board dry wipe and write updates.
Next, add status indicators to track progress. For example, red green status sliders. Above all, make status updates quick and easy. Likewise, choose status indicator meters with a numerical gauge for more specific tracking.
Produce your Gemba Board as a magnetic overlay
Above all, choose what works for you. So for instance add a magnetic overlay can be designed to fit an existing whiteboard. In addition, they will futureproof your Gemba process.
Further examples
See other examples of Continuous Improvement.
Show what you need on your Gemba board
Root Cause Analysis is part of the Gemba process
Show status of your Gemba walk
Track status numerically
Choose a magnetic overlay to futureproof your board
Further examples of our Continuous Improvement Boards
Short Interval Control
Concerns Board
Short Interval Control
Continuous Improvement strategy board
QMS Overview Board
Theatre Improvement Board
PDCA board
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Kaizen for KPI tracking
Line Continuous Improvement
Kanban Continuous Improvement
Dry wipe status circles
Plan Do Check Act status dial
Processes for Continuous Improvement
Kaizen for Continuous Improvement
Loss Elimination Board
Colour coding Continuous Improvement
Colour code your Plan Do Check Act
Show your targets
Plan Do Check Act Board
Continuous Improvement Process Board
Use colour for Continuous Improvement
Use colour in your 5S design
Kaizen room meeting schedule
Lean environment strategies
The PDCA cycle visually
Show Continuous Improvement visually
Plan Do Check Act status dial
Kaizen PFU boards
Errors Board
Short Interval Control Board
Kanban Continuous Improvement
PDCA cycle
Show your processes
Track daily progress
Workstream whereabouts CI
SIC status board
Track customer feedback performance
Add status dials to your 6S board
Update progress with status meters
Plan Do Check Act board
Use the Plan Do Check Act cycle
Food Production CI
KATA Improvement
Plan Do Check Act
Track targets as a department
KPI board with document holders
Practical Problem Solving board
Visual Management with status dials
Status dials with percentages
Use dry wipe status indicators
Quality Station Continuous Improvement
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Our Approach
We create visual management boards everyday. As a result we have plenty of experience. We work for organisations in food production, the power industry, national rail, pharmaceuticals, education, healthcare, packaging and distribution.
Our team works with a simple idea or sketch and creates a professionally designed layout. This is then turned into a highly functional visual management board.
We offer customised options because we want to create the perfect board for you. So, here are a few examples. We can add magnetic areas or a dry-wipe finish (for use with whiteboard pens). Furthermore, you can choose Red/Green sliders or R.A.G. (Red, Amber, Green) status dials so you can quickly and visually update your board. These are just a few examples of the ways in which our boards can be tailored to meet your needs. You may also be interested in whiteboard overlays that can be used on top of an existing magnetic board.
