Visual management is an ever-present part of our lives. From traffic lights and signs along the road to scoreboards keeping track of each team’s points in a basketball game. Visual management is everywhere. Its purpose is to quickly send a message that anyone and everyone can understand immediately.
In the workplace, visual management is a matter of presenting a quick and easy overview of how things are going in the company. A simple glance at the information board should be all employees have to do to understand exactly what needs to be done. By continuously visualizing workflows, it becomes easier to identify areas of improvement.
If you’ve ever worked on a project where multiple teams were involved, you know how easy it is for different teams to interpret the same instructions differently, despite the fact that everyone is given the same information. This unfortunate reality is an unnecessary hindrance to workflows, and it’s the perfect example of why detailed information isn’t always the best choice. Visualization is key!
At the core of Lean management and continuous improvement, there are two basic concepts that highlight the importance of visualizing problems.
The two concepts are built on the idea of visualizing problems to be able to rectify them as soon as possible. Every problem that arises is an opportunity to improve!
When you continually incorporate visual management into your work, you improve your organization’s efficiency significantly. The benefits include:
Visual management through analogue means is a good first step, but to unlock an organization’s full potential, digital visual management is key. With Mevisio, you get effective visualizations of live, up-to-date information that can be shared between different teams. As an added bonus, you and your employees will never have to decipher someone’s impossible handwriting on a whiteboard or waste time erasing and prepping boards again.
Mevisio’s lean boards are designed to be effective tools for goal management, planning, and activity tracking. The design is based on three principles:
Our boards have several different uses and functions. You can, for example, visualize your KPIs together with information, checklists, attendance and task management for effective daily meetings. By visualizing KPIs, you get an insight into how things are going for the business. The board consists of three columns with an indicator meter, a trend graph and a chart showing the distribution and other underlying information. This board can be easily integrated with other data collection systems.
You can also take your Kaizen work to the next level with special information sharing features. You can also improve security with our SQCDP and 5S functions. Project management also gets a boost thanks to the ability to get an overview of all ongoing and upcoming projects.
Use the above boards as a jumping-off point - all of the boards can be modified based on your specific needs. There are many ways to visualize data, which is why we offer a wide variety of modules for every situation imaginable.
Want to find out more? Discover how Mevisio’s boards can make your work more efficient.