Safety Walks
Lean Manufacturing
Kaizen and Continuous Improvement
Floor Productivity
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- Gemba Walk
Gemba Walk
Identify potential issues, reduce manufacturing hazards, and drive continuous improvement across operations.
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Improve quality and your bottom line
Ensure everyone follows best practices and requirements from international standards by custom Gemba Walk checklists. With photo annotation and calculations in inspections, it’s easy for frontline teams to capture and share noncompliant areas, giving management a clear view of what’s happening on the floor. With all your data in one place, you can quickly pinpoint problem areas and come up with solutions before they cause bigger problems.
“Now auditors can finish their near miss reports, take pictures and it all incorporates into one document. You can send it right from the field.”
Increase efficiency and productivity
Digitize work instructions to standardize procedures and prevent production errors. Compliance regulation changed? No down time required! Update templates and inspection processes in a few clicks, with changes rolling out to your entire organization instantly.
Establish a consistent Gemba walk routine
Schedule regular Gemba Walks on intervals that satisfy organizational needs and goals. Equip managers and supervisors with the tools they need to confidently perform these walks and gain different perspectives from the production floor.
Identify improvement opportunities
Leverage insights from frontline observations to spot inefficiencies and opportunities for improving current operations. Using this data, assign corrective actions for issues that require immediate attention, and develop data-backed strategies for long-term improvements.
Foster a collaborative environment across teams
Encourage transparency and collaboration by sharing your observations and findings during Gemba walks across teams. Take advantage of a unified communication channel to help workers understand the significance of these walks to their production tasks. In the same platform, further enhance their skills and knowledge with bite-sized training modules so that they can contribute meaningfully to continuous improvement initiatives.
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