Course Outline:

The training will be “teach & do”, a combination of lecture, exercises, and discussions on how to use visual management tools to implement "abnormality management" and auditing of visual controls.  The content will be:

• Lean manufacturing & visual management
• Visual workplace & visual controls
• Visual management & abnormality management
• What good looks like?
• The five levels of problem response & visual management
• The types of visual management tools
• Visual management boards and their use
• Creating a glass wall 
• Visual management and zone control by team leaders
• Daily start up meetings, huddle meetings and stand up meetings
• Improving SQDCM with visual management
• Visual management for daily work
• Visual management for projects
• Visual management to encourage Lean behaviors
• Getting started with visual management

Learning Objectives:

At the successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Distinguish visual controls, visual workplace, and visual management
• Give examples of various types of visual management tools
• Describe the function of visual management tools for team leaders
• Describe the function of visual management tools for managers
• Design a basic visual management board for their work area

Benefits:

This course will allow you to begin using visual management to expose and solve problems as a team.

Who Should Attend:

• Senior level Management, managers, supervisors, team leaders, continuous improvement specialists                     

Duration:

1 Day