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Are you looking for a way to visually represent standards in your facility? Are the signs and charts you currently have posted efficiently managing a condition? In order to provide effective visual management, metrics and charts must represent accurate results in real-time. Visual management should provide an overview of status, or results with clear and evident data. This interactive course will introduce you to a manufacturing principle known as visual management, which provides a visual approach for communicating information.
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The following key questions are answered in this module:
What are the different types of visual management? (1) Visual metric displays: Display performance data; (2) Visual area controls: Visuals that indicate how an area functions physically; (3) Visual communication displays: A system that provides the correct information in the right place and at the right time; and (4) Visual instructions: Visuals that instruct personnel on how to act in certain areas.
What are some criteria for implementing visual management? (1) Have a clear understanding of your business's Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs and information relevant to the shop floor; (2) Assign leaders who will be involved in implementation efforts, as well as those responsible for maintaining a visual management system. Involve workers during development of the visual management system; (3) Make sure everyone is trained and encourage workers to take action to fix issues as they come up; (4) Create formal documentation that includes descriptions of the key visual elements, such as floor markings, boards, signs, or labels, and be sure to follow color standards throughout the facility; and (5) Define escalation procedures.
What are some benefits of visual management? Implementing a visual management system helps to improve communication within the company. It drives transparency of Information, creating unity throughout the company when it comes to goals and alignment on shared visual management. It promotes a culture where problems are resolved quickly because visual management provides personnel the chance to see and correct problems as they occur. It also keeps the work environment generally safer and more organized. Visual management systems focus on processes and accountability, driving personnel engagement and creating ownership of goals.
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