ABSTRACT
Lean processes need the proper documentation to illustrate how the product is made as it moves from person to person. Most work instructions are hard to read, contain the wrong information, contain too many words, and are not visual. This chapter covers how to create visual work procedures, provides real-life examples, and gives ways to install them at point of use. Production control boards provide real-time status on daily progress of the work cell. They act as a scoreboard for the area, and workers are required to update the board as needed. Production control boards are intended to monitor output in small increments throughout the day. The key attributes of a production control board are required output, actual output; difference between required and actual; ongoing total; time-tracking interval; and comments.
