To make a Huddleboard, take these steps…
Firstly, decide where to put your Huddleboard. Ideally, locate your board somewhere easily visible near your process. If a wall mounted board in unworkable then consider a mobile board instead.
Secondly, establish what you want to appraise and assess. For example, key targets. Likewise, relevant milestones on your Continuous Improvement journey.
Next, define clear sections on your Huddleboard. Each relates to an element or metric that you want to monitor. Above all, show when and how to take action for each.
Subsequently, think ‘at-a-glance’. In other words, use visual controls and status indicators to make status of a key element instantly visible. Likewise, make obvious when to take action.
Further considerations: use colour coding and visual calls to action. In other words, make your Huddleboard intuitive and easy to comprehend. In addition, keep information succinct to support team focus. Finally, relate when to and how to take action.
Finally, make it easy to update. As a result, see information in real time. Therefore, reflect your process or project as it is operating right now.
How to make a Huddleboard – in brief
- Decide where to put your Huddleboard (close to the process)
- Establish key targets and milestones to assess
- Make sections for key metrics to monitor
- Use visual controls and status indicators for instant visibility
- Consider colour coding and visual calls to action
- Finally, make a Huddleboard that is easy to update
Update your Gemba board in real time
Define when and how to take action
Make clear sections on your board and use status indicators for at-a-glance visual cues
Make clear sections on your board and use status indicators for at-a-glance visual cues
Further examples of our Huddleboards
Environmental Services Huddle board
Huddle board
Kaizen room meeting schedule
Add status labels
Operations KPI Board
SQDCIP Operations board
Kaizen Huddle Board
OPEX performance tracking
Packing Lines production
5S Production board
KPI modular magnetic overlay
Add status sliders to your SQD board
Root Cause Analysis board
Line communications board
3-way RAG status sliders with text
Customer Services Improvement board
A visual snapshot
Thumbs up/thumbs down status dials
Make Continuous Improvement visual
Printed custom text
Add status meter with relevant key
SQDIP overlay
SQCDPI Board
SQDCIP Operations board
Red Orange Green face status dials
Magnetic tickets
SQKPM board
Thumbs up/down status dials
Snap into place easily
Huddle meeting board
Short Interval Control
QMS Overview Board
SQACP tracking
Sales board for education
Track customer feedback performance
KPI magnetic overlay
Short Interval Control Kanban
SQCDI Performance board
KPI daily meeting board
KPI board with accessories
Choose which KPI metrics to track
5S & Safety tracking
Warehouse status KPI Board
Include Environment in SQDC status
KPIs for distribution
OPEX board
SQDC board
Track your Quality targets
Operations Strategy board
amazon fresh Operations board
Choose which metrics to track
SQDCP board
SQCDP Performance Information
Operations KPI board
SQDIP Board with status sliders
Performance obeya set up
Custom printed status sliders for SQDIP
SQDIP
People and Delivery metric tracking
Triple shift metrics
SQPIW daily direction setting
SQCDE mobile board
Gemba board for air travel
Add status meters tracking progress
Use dry wipe for instant updates
Add magnetic status labels
Magnetic status indicator
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.
