MSS407010 - Improve visual management in the workplace

This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to assess current visual management strategies and techniques in the workplace and improve the application of visual management strategies and techniques and their integration into the overall competitive improvement approach of the organisation. This unit applies to improving an organisation?s visual management in the workplace. The level of existing visual management is not required to be extensive for the unit to apply. This unit covers examining the workplace to determine the effectiveness of current visual management strategies and tools, the determination of additional/alternative visual management strategies and tools, and their integration into overall improvement strategies within the organisation.The visual management may be applied to the whole organisation or a production area or a support area and can either be active visual management strategies, such as operator controlled status indicators, or passive, such as information boards or information islands containing production and other data, to give employees access to production, work health and safety (WHS), equipment availability or other data.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.