Module 5 Case Study: Flow and Pull

Lean Six Sigma SSG110 

Directions

Module 5 focuses on the flow and pull principles of Lean.

Topic 13 in this module discusses visual workplace or visual management. Please view the following video on this subject.

• Visual Management (Links to an external site.)

Respond to the following points:

• Go to Gemba in your organization. Identify and describe as many examples of visual workplace or visual management as you can find. How do they reduce waste?
• Identify and describe any opportunities for visual workplace or visual management that don’t already exist. How might they reduce waste?

Parameters

• Page length: 2 pages, double-spaced