Course “Visual Management” for business efficiency

Visual Management is one of the pillars of Lean Thinking and consists of the use of tools, signals, standards, and visual indicators that allow for immediate understanding of the operational situation, identification of anomalies, and timely intervention.

The course provides methods and tools to make processes, information, and standards easily understandable and accessible to everyone, improving efficiency, quality, safety, and people's engagement.

Skills you will acquire

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of Visual Management and its role within the Lean system.
• Design and apply visual tools to highlight operational standards, anomalies, and performance.
• Use the 5S method as a foundation for visual workplace management.
• Implement visual management solutions to support production, maintenance, quality, and office activities.

The 7 course modules

1. Introduction to Visual Management

• Principles and goals of visual management.
• Difference between traditional approach and visual approach.
• Identification of standards, deviations, anomalies, and problems.

2. Benefits of Visual Management

• Onboarding support for new operators.
• Improvement of ergonomics, communication, and engagement.
• Increase in operational efficiency and corporate image.

3. Method 5S

• Review of the 5S principles.
• Practical application of Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, and Shitsuke.
• Connection between 5S and visual management.

4. Visual Management Tools

• Rules for designing effective visual signals.
• Operational Whiteboards, Andon, OPL, SOP, and Audit Cards.
• Flash Meeting and Shopfloor Management.
• Errors to Avoid and Golden Rules of Visual Management.

5. Visual Management in Autonomous Maintenance

• Visual management of inspection, cleaning, and lubrication tasks.
• Checklists and visual tools for monitoring systems.
• Early recognition of anomalies.

6. Visual Management for Quality Control

• Visual standards to ensure product compliance.
• Management of anomalies and non-conforming materials.
• Using SQDIP and Kamishibai for Performance and Standards Monitoring.

7. Visual Management in Offices

• Application of visual principles to administrative and project processes.
• Introduction to Scrum and Kanban.
• Planning, activity monitoring, and workload management via visual tools.

Extensive practical session according to the approach Learning by doing to accompany the theoretical part.

For its practical application and the necessary interaction between participants, This course can also be used for team-building purposes.

Who is the course for and what is the duration at Lean Factory School®

The course is aimed at: Production Managers and Department Heads, Team Leaders, Supervisors and Operational Coordinators, Quality, Maintenance, and Continuous Improvement Managers, Technicians, Operators, and Staff involved in Lean and continuous improvement projects. Also of interest are Managers and Staff from technical, administrative, and project management offices who are oriented towards applying visual tools to indirect processes.

8 in-person hours to be held at the Lean Factory School® or at the client company's facilities. The course includes a strong experiential component based on the "learning by doing" logic: through practice on real workstations, it is possible to consolidate learning and apply what has been learned during the course.

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