Means visual inspection are found to us all the time. It is they who indicate by which the highway lane needs to go, where it is better to turn around. Where in the production dangerous areas where you can find some of the things we need.
Unfortunately, in for most companies, visual inspection in the workplace is used infrequently.
But its proper use helps to save time, energy, raw materials, and products and, ultimately, money.
Means Visual inspection capable of greatly simplifying the work and increasing productivity starting right from the moment. When the employee first came to the enterprise.
For example, for repairers, visual inspection makes storage easier. Tools and the search for the necessary spare parts, reminds of the approaching deadlines preventive maintenance. Informs about the results of the completed maintenance/repair.
Consequently, pipelines and tanks containing water, steam, air, nitrogen, oil, and chemical mixtures must be labelled, as such in this way to assist repairers in maintenance.
Visual Tools & Control
Visual Tool Operators control is informed about the planned indicators to be achieved. About the current productivity, availability of necessary materials and place of execution certain works. Order replenishment of materials, inform about completion. Operators can perform a job or request the support of colleagues by using visual controls such as light signals of different colors and And on boards.
Plates routine repairs and other hazard messages should notify employees about high temperature, pressure, electrical voltage and toxic substances. For the safety of personnel, equipment and workplaces should be all potentially dangerous areas are marked.
Places of movement of forklifts and other production vehicles should also be marked to reverse the attention of workers to the possible appearance of vehicles in this area.
Workers.
Warehouse and suppliers can use visual controls for checking the level of stocks, determining the moment of additional order, place Delivery of the material to the production line or workplace.
Typical a means of visual inspection, which is used in production for signaling of the replenishment of materials at each stage, from the receipt and storage before production and dispatch of the finished product to the consumer, – cards kanban. Visual controls help the manager instantly Determine the status of the production line or service delivery process. Thanks to them, he immediately sees bottlenecks and quickly takes corrective ones.
Measures.
Using large colored visual controls, the manager informs employees of all levels about the progress of the current implementation production schedule, line load level and work results. Work tasks indicating the necessary qualifications of personnel, rationalisation suggestions are communicated to employees using visual aids control. This raises the collective spirit, serves as a moral incentive for the best employees.