Lean daily management boards are vital to many settings. Including, for example, food production, healthcare, manufacturing, transport and logistics. Here’s why…
Lean daily management boards matter because…
Lean daily management boards serve the deskless workforce. In other words, teams without a seated desk. Consequently, without regular access to computers. Likewise, therefore, email, intranets and so on…
As a result, desk-based communications associated are largely not applicable for deskless teams. So, how best to share information and communicate?
In short, visual management is the means for teams in deskless settings to communicate. Most importantly, intuitively and at a glance.
Supporting lean routines
Above all, daily management boards support Lean. Most importantly, in a visually accessible way. So from 5S, Safety, Quality, Delivery to all forms of Continuous Improvement, teams have a visual framework for success.
How Lean daily management boards work
Firstly, the Lean daily management boards provide most relevant daily information. Secondly, in a way that is visual and, therefore, instantly accessible. Furthermore, it is where a team huddle takes place and close to the operation it serves. In addition, it is the stop point for the Gemba walk.
It further shapes the huddle succinctly showing what’s on the agenda. For example, safety, quality, delivery, inventory, personnel and so in… In other words, it provides the framework for discussion.
Above all, it provides key visual indicators for these point. For example, Red / Green. This facilitates quick assessment of key metrics. This feeds a succinct process of reviewing and, if required, making mitigations. The daily management board further shows what is going well. Furthermore, provides an action plan for the day. Above all, it is a visual checkpoint to facilitate Continuous Improvement.
Types of lean management boards
Common lean daily management boards include:
In addition, read about the Performance Obeya – the ultimate visual space for the daily huddle.
Implement visual management step by step. So, start in one area, zone or department. For example, the foundry.
Daily tracking visually builds daily engagement with key management processes and targets
Visual management is excellent for supporting Kaizen, Kanban and numerous Continuous Improvement strategies
Visual status indicators are instantly clear and highly effective visual controls
Think, at a glance
Examples of our Dry Wipe Visual Management
Action board
Update your KPI progress
Update targets easily
Track trends with dry eraze updates
Incident reporting with dry wipe
5S dry wipe updates
Make problem solving easy
Colour code your dry wipe board
Department dry wipe shift board
Update status easily
Problem solving
A3 practical problem solving
Activity Planning board for Education
Update magnetic tickets
Status circles and graph chart progress
Use dry wipe to update your safety cross
Handheld printed whiteboard
Daily updates with dry wipe option
Combine status meters with dry wipe
Safety cross updates
Track progress with dry wipe status
Update easily with dry wipe option
5 Why problem solving method
Investigate the 'Why'
Monitor targets easily
Dry wipe updates on a PSQDC board
Continuous Improvement overlay
Use to update your objectives progress
Store your dry wipe tools on your board
Choose dry wipe option to update
Add document holders and labels
Magnetic headings & document holders
Team management board
Add dry wipe labels
Team management board
Contractor management board
Practical Problem Solving overlay
Use dry wipe and status meters together
5S dry wipe status indicators
Document holders on dry wipe board
Convenient to update team info
Update your SQDC targets easily
Add dry wipe status
Make your dry wipe board multilingual
Status circles are highly visual
Colour coded dry wipe status
Status circles with dry wipe option
Safety cross on SQDP board
Dry wipe status circles
Make easy and instant updates
Daily meetings board
Magnetic document holders
Real time status
Display progress in real time
Add team members easily
Food production board
Incident board
Easy to clean and update
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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.
