Tool Visual Factory

The last visual factory tool discussed in this chapter is process mapping. 

Another safety topic could be a review of safety metrics. The number of days since the last accident or incident could be a topic. Or consider combining a lean visual factory tool with the team s safety metric. During the flash meeting, have someone on the team affix a green cross safety sticker onto a monthly calendar each morning, for the previous day, if there were no injuries or incidents. A sample calendar that could be used with individuals was shown in Chapter 4, Figure 4.3. Starting each and every day with safety first topics raises safety awareness. 

Simulation is the dynamic observation of an abstract model of a system through time with particular attention to the system s key attributes. The term is used extensively in manufacturing to refer to different types of such observations ranging from visual simulation of factories or individual machine tools to stochastic simulation of entire supply chains. Today, most simulation activities are carried out by computer software systems. Simulation systems are often categories into discrete-event simulation system and continuous time simulation systems based on the approach they take with regards to advancing the time of the simulation forward. 

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