Visual Systems: Harnessing the Power of a Visual Workplace

About this book

How to improve quality and productivity through non-verbal signs signals controls and constraints. When an industrial workplace (such as a machining area assembly line or loading dock) is dirty cluttered or poorly marked its not just bad to the eyes -- its bad for the business. This book is a comprehensive guide to ""visual systems"" -- a highly successful approach that uses visual indicators signs controls and guarantees to direct and support activities on the shop floor. The goal is a self-explaining self-regulating workplace where critical information is shared rapidly accurately -- and without speaking or reading a word. Packed with case examples photos tables and checklists the book shows how visual systems can reduce costs by: radically improving both quality and safety triggering new levels of employee participation cutting wasted motion and needless use of space and materials creating a company-wide visual improvement ""language"""