Visual Management as the Support in Building the Concept of Continuous Improvement in the Enterprise
Visual Management as the Support in Building the Concept of Continuous Improvement in the Enterprise

Summary/Abstract: The following article presents one of the selected tools of the Lean Management concept – visual management. This method enables enterprises to strengthen their process of continuous improvement. Due to the support of visual management, it is possible to manage information more effectively by the managerial board and to improve communication process within in the particular company. In the first part, the author describes the concept of Lean Management. Then the idea of continuous improvement is explained, which is the fundament of this Japanese management concept. In the third part, the author presents the visual management in its business environment. The last part of the paper tackles the tools, firmly based on the visual management, that function in the manufacturing enterprises surveyed by the author.

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