Using visual management for lean manufacturing is effective. Here is why…
Furthermore, see how to make visual management boards work at your site.
Underpinning Lean Manufacturing is efficiency and quality. Visual management serves this production approach in various ways.
Visual management for lean manufacturing – efficiency
Firstly, visual management makes key information accessible at a glance. In other words, by offering instant visual reference. Consequently, the visual management board visually communicates standards and targets in real time.
Secondly, it provides visual cues and calls to action. In other words, it triggers team members to take action and make corrective adjustments.
Above all, visual management provides a highly efficient framework for team communications and synergy.
Efficiency:
Track progress visually
Efficiency:
See status at a glance
Efficiency:
Assess costs or other metrics on a daily and/or monthly basis
Visual management for lean manufacturing – problem solving
In addition, visual management makes problem solving visual. As a result, gain understanding of how and why problems occur. Drill down further, keep asking why until you find the root cause. Consequently, prevent issues from causing problems. Likewise, find countermeasures.
Problem Solving:
Use a fishbone diagram to focus problem solving
Problem Solving:
Make it visual, visible and accessible
Problem Solving:
Drilling down to the Root Cause
Visual management for lean manufacturing – quality objectives
Furthermore, make standards instantly clear. In other words, make quality targets visual. Similarly, show what good looks like.
In addition, set visual standards. For examples, use photos of your workspace at optimum as part of your 5S strategy.
In short, visual management makes all standards into visible and accessible and obvious. As a result, the visual management board is a visual checkpoint.
Quality objectives:
Track quality and other metrics and show status with visual snapshot
Quality objectives:
Status meters engage your team and provide instant monitoring
Quality objectives:
Include a 5S strategy as part of your quality and lean visual management objectives
Our approach to custom site visual management
In short, the potential of visual management is endless… To discover more, take a look at our gallery of visual management ideas.
Further examples of our visual management boards
Operations KPI board
6S Performance Tracker board
Site Safety board
Kaizen 5S board
Continuous Improvement board
Production colour coded board
Suggestions board in four languages
Gemba mobile whiteboard
Use colour and graphics on your board
5S board with status meters
Processes for Continuous Improvement
6S board
Modular Continuous Improvement board
Combination sliders and labels
Quality standards
Environmental objectives
Logistics KPI board
Show your objectives and results
Contractor schedule board
Site plan for leisure
Use for shift pattern information
Add document holders to your board
Compliance whiteboard
SQDC board with status meters
Practical Problem Solving overlay
Plan Do Check Act board
SQD/5S with magnetic status faces
SQDP Board with status indicator meters
Golden Six multilingual board
Outdoor educational board
5S dry wipe status indicators
Add status sliders to your board
Sustainability visual management board
Practical Problem Solving board
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.
