Kanban visual, let the management see

Lean guidance consultants tell us that production management needs to see the difference at a glance, which hits home.Yes, we need a form of management to achieve this, and visual management can.Visual management, as the name implies, is to manifest the content that needs to be managed in a clear way, so as to be known at a glance, also known as visual management, which is an indispensable management tool to achieve lean production management.Visualization management includes a lot of content, and here we mainly discuss the visualization of Kanban.

Production management Kanban is to show the production plan, output, quality, inventory and other information on the production site directly on the open Kanban in the form of data, requiring the Kanban to be placed in the most prominent position, so that all employees can clearly see, with openness and timeliness.This year, our company also carried out systematic update, and installed electronic management Kanban in each production workshop, warehouse, office and staff rest area, so that everyone can know the relevant information they need in the first time.

1. Production Information Kanban

Production workshop information kanban mainly show the production of two aspects of the relevant data and propaganda and education content, production information including abnormal on the day of the workshop production planning, production, quality data, such as production plan in detail to which people do what product, where device and the number of plan, make on-site staff know their production tasks at a glance.Publicity and education module mainly to safety management, quality awareness, company values and other related norms and concepts.Warehouse Kanban mainly displays the arrival plan, material delivery plan, shipment plan and delivery plan of the last two days to reveal abnormal information in time.These information in the office water cooler synchronous display, so that the relevant management personnel in time to understand the first-hand information, so that the timely corresponding processing.

2. Kanban of production schedule

Each equipment in the rubber refining workshop and molding workshop is installed with a production schedule board to reveal the current production situation, showing the "planned quantity, production quantity, production quantity", and at the same time, the color is used to distinguish, which can see whether the progress is normal at a glance, and give immediate feedback to the operator, so that the operator and team leader can respond in time.Next, we plan to integrate the production schedule information of each equipment and display it on the corresponding public Kanban synchronously, so that more people can get the site information in the first time and make quick correspondence.As long as you are in the company, you can always be informed of the first line of information, but also can see the anomaly at a glance.

"Production Kanban Visualization" seems simple, but as a production manager, I can personally feel its direct help to production operations, which is reflected in the following aspects:

① intuitive image, conducive to improve efficiency

Kanban visualization allows departments and employees to understand the operation of production without having to use too much language.Its intuitionistic and simple, the transmission speed of information greatly accelerated, thus improving the work efficiency.

"Production Kanban Visualization" seems simple, but as a production manager, I can personally feel its direct help to production operations, which is reflected in the following aspects:

① intuitive image, conducive to improve efficiency

Kanban visualization allows departments and employees to understand the operation of production without having to use too much language.Its intuitionistic and simple, the transmission speed of information greatly accelerated, thus improving the work efficiency.

Kanban visualization is an intuitive and quick feedback of front-line production conditions or anomalies, but it is only the first step of production management, aiming to achieve quick response and JIT production.Of course, Kanban visualization involves a lot. All aspects of production can not be completed in a short period of time. As practitioners of lean production, we will take it as an important part of production site management for a long time.