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Visual Management – See and Eliminate Waste

Visual management is the application of any visual aid or device that promotes safer, more efficient, and less wasteful processes. The goal in using visual management is to create “status at a glance.” This means an operating environment where normal vs. abnormal operating conditions can be detected easily and rapidly.

The articles on Visual Management below describe more.

Bathroom Visual Management: Whose Toothbrush is it?

by Pete Abilla on April 3, 2012

toothbrush visual management, teaching how to brush teeth

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn When you have 9 children with an age range of 14 years for the oldest and 2 as the youngest, the more they can do things on their own (self-sufficient) the better it is for mom and dad and, ultimately, for them. One [...]

Visual Management: What’s In It For Me?

by Pete Abilla on March 19, 2012

visual management in the factory

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Answering the question “What’s In It For Me” (also known by its acronym WIIFM, pronounced “WE-FEM”) is a common change management strategy. Often times the approach is to demonstrate how one method or another is important and how the application of that method [...]

Taxes Online: Tax Audit Risk Visual Management

by Pete Abilla on March 14, 2012

taxes online, turbotax, tax audit risk

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Every year about this time in the United States, people scramble to get their taxes done. I’m no exception. But thankfully, with the help of tax professionals and Turbotax, there is plenty of help to decode and understand the convoluted tax laws that we have [...]

Why Context is Important

by Pete Abilla on December 7, 2011

skin cancer moles, symptoms

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Signs and symbols without context has no meaning. Context matters. But, rarely do we consciously think of it; in fact, we almost always assume without really realizing that the subject of which we are talking about is really relative to other parts of [...]

laundromat for sale, defect display chart, defect display board

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Let me say at the outset that all growing up, I had always equated a laundromat with the dry cleaners. But, apparently, they are different things. But, I’m just going to continue to pretend they are the same thing, mainly because it’s easier [...]

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