Magnets for lean management

"Lean management" is a philosophy based on the Toyota Production System. The name "lean" is often taken to mean "lean" or "reduced". However, this is only partially true. Rather, it is about a corporate culture that focuses on employee empowerment and continuous improvement. The focus here is on the entire value chain. The goal is waste-free processes that are always geared towards customer satisfaction. When a "lean culture" is practiced in the company, efficiency and quality improve. Lean management encompasses all areas of a company. This is why it is also referred to as:

• Lean production
• Lean administration
• Lean construction
• Lean Development
• Lean Leadership

When "lean" succeeds in creating value without waste, everyone involved benefits: the company, the employees, the business partners and the customers.

Lean management ensures satisfied customers - this is the basis for business success. As a "side effect", companies become more productive. The time saved can in turn be used for the further development of the company - depending on the area, for example, for creative ideas, customer care or employee training.

Schallenkammer offers magnetic products for flexible visualization (not only) in the LEAN process. With the value stream magnets, processes from production, service or administration can be clearly displayed. This makes the value stream visible on the whiteboard. Bottlenecks, sources of error and redundancies can be easily marked with magnetic symbols. Throughput times and processing times can be displayed on writable magnetic strips.

During team meetings, all it takes is a flick of the wrist to move the magnets and make changes quickly. Professionals photograph the actual process for documentation and then use the board with the movable magnetic symbols to design and display the target process.

Magnets are very practical for visualizing lean management processes. With the magnetic symbols from Schallenkammer, you can move individual elements in no time at all and thus adapt them to the current situation. The most common lean symbols are available in magnetic versions. We are happy to cut magnetic foils to your requirements. Customized printing is also possible - or you can label your magnets manually with a water-soluble pen. The magnets are durable and you can use them again and again for your lean workshops.

Markings, key figures, information or references to responsibilities make the essentials visible. Ideally, everyone involved will be able to see at a glance whether everything is in the "green zone" or whether there is a need for action. This applies to administrative and service areas as well as production. With sound chamber magnetic products, information and notices can be attached and changed quickly, flexibly and clearly.

Value stream management plays an important role in process optimization as part of lean management. The current status is visualized in order to make long throughput times, bottlenecks, loops or multiple processing visible. Various symbols are used for visualization, which you can find on our data sheet for the value stream magnets. With the value stream magnets, a value stream can be displayed quickly and easily and no drawing talent is required.

Once the actual process has been recorded, the teams work together to design a target process, and here too the value stream magnets are valuable aids. They make the work easier and the teams can concentrate on the content. The value stream magnets can be written on with dry-erase or water-soluble pens.

Magnetic sheets can also be used for process optimization. Individually printed and in different colors, they can be specially adapted to your requirements. We produce and print magnetic sheets according to your wishes. Get in touch with us!