Visual Workplace 2 day (workshop) /
Implementation varies depending on size of project
The visual approaches for management staff and shop floor
workers are an important aspect of Lean Conversion and
world-class manufacturing that is often overlooked. Visual
management in its simplest form is having enough information on
hand, visually available, so that management decisions can be
made in real time. The lag between when data are first available
(real time) and when it can be used in decision-making, is the
amount of opportunity that visual management can help address.
Many ask why do visual management? Let us ask a few questions:
- Do people know about their performance?
- Do people know where to find parts, tools, fixtures,
information?
- How much inventory is on hand?
- What happens next in this process, line, cell, etc?
- Where is that product that always seems to be short-counted?
- Does this part/person/machine belong here?
- How do you know you've "had a good day"?
- Is that component good or scrap?
If you can't answer these questions by looking out on the
floor for a few seconds, then you need better visual management.
Course Description:
In this course, participants learn how to successfully transform
a factory into a well-organized workplace where thousands of
messages concerning product quality, productivity, schedule, and
safety are accurately delivered every day. Course participants
leave with the knowledge of what visual order is, what the
visual workplace looks like and how these concepts function on
the production floor. Participants will walk away with a clear
understanding of what visual management can accomplish for their
organization.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will learn how to:
- Dramatically improve communication throughout your
manufacturing plant;
- Provide organization and visual aids as tools to communicate
where errors are happening;
- Create a sense of partnership amongst employees; and
- Create an environment which includes input from both
supervisors (decision makers) and shop floor personnel.
Who Should Attend:
Shop-floor associates, manufacturing managers, and
Lean/World-Class manufacturing and service specialists
Prerequisites:
- Lean Conversion Overview
- Lean Performance measures
- Lean Culture
- Value Stream Mapping
- 5S / Workplace Organization
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