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Benefits
• Help transform the abstract concept of discipline in lean management into directly observable, concrete practices.
• Give leaders the ability to quickly spot and move to action where actual performance has not met what was expected.
• Create a sense of ownership when floor operators contribute the information that then stays in their areas
• Readily verifiable as they are close to the process and easily seen and understood by people.
• Increase the level of involvement of operators in observing, analyzing and improving the processes in which they work every day.
• Heighten the focus on process and accountability.
• Easy to customize and change as the supplies to create visual aids are
inexpensive.
Characteristics of Effective Visual Management
• Close to the process whose performance they reflect.
• Translate performance into expected versus actual, throughout the production
system.
• Data are recorded regularly and frequently, often many times a day.
• Displayed in highly visual, widely accessible, readily reviewed formats.
• Data is updated by anyone close to the process, not just the data entry experts.
• The information about the process is timely as people close to the process update it regularly.
• Information is concise, meaningful and easily interpreted.
• Colour coding that enables easy interpretation at a glance.
• Graphs are hand drawn to engage team members and simplify updating
TIPS
Develop hand made visual tools
• The best visual forms are those you develop and revise yourself which show the information you need to quickly see the status of your processes
• Bring focus to the process and in doing so, drive improvements Front Line Leadership: Continuous Improvement
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