Visual Controls

Filed under: LeanSep 6th, 2009 | no responses

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Visual Controls is a means of managing a value stream, or a cell, whereby everyone walking into the area (GEMBA) can understand the performance of that area in an instant. VC enables self-management of a cell or a value stream. VC replaces management by “remote control” (which has never worked that well anyway).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 7 areas for Visual Controls are:

  1. Schedule and Delivery Controls
  2. Quality Controls
  3. Work Controls
  4. Facility Controls
  5. Equipment & Tooling Controls
  6. Performance Improvement Controls
  7. Material Flow Contols

Learning Objectives:

  • Realize how familiar we are with Visual Controls using an example from our everyday lives
  • Understand each of the 7 Types of VC using photos of each type from actual company examples
  • Do a baseline audit of current level of VC using an Audit Checklist and plotting your results on a VC Radar Chart
  • Learn about the 10 Steps to Implementing VC
  • Applications exercises for each of the 7 Types of VC
  • Appreciating the difference between traditional supervision & management and managing via VC using “A Day In The Life of a Supervisor” (from Toyota).

Who Should Attend:

  1. Leadership Team (Operation Managers & Supervisors)
  2. Staff (Managers, supervisors, engineers, and other individual contributors)
  3. Value Stream Team members

Duration: 1 day

JCM Work Designs/The Lean Sigma Team can design and conduct this workshop to meet your specific needs.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.



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