Swisstools invests in visual management with the deployment of a digital signage solution. Thanks to several connected screens installed throughout the company, employees can follow workshop production at any time, and the company can broadcast corporate and social messages to all teams and visitors.

Visual management 

Visual management, also known as “Management and organization by sight”, is a Lean Management approach based on a set of communication techniques. Lean Management aims to increase productivity through more efficient processes.

The concept of visual management helps to stimulate teams, optimize production stages and thus improve customer satisfaction. Operational efficiency is enhanced, making the organization more responsive, flexible and agile.

With the evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Swisstools has decided to position itself on new management tools and innovative solutions to become more competitive.

As part of Swisstools’ move towards Industry 4.0, the digitization of communication media is an integral part of the company’s action plan. Attentive to the working environment of its teams, the company opts for digitalization to offer a solution to every feedback problem. To have satisfied customers, we need happy employees. This means that information is no longer conveyed via whiteboards or notice boards, but via dynamic screens.

4.0 Workshop and production optimization 

Thanks to several connected screens installed throughout the workshop, teams can monitor production indicators at any time.

At Swisstools, visual management offers numerous benefits for the company, including:

In terms of management

• Quickly identify deviations and trends in order to implement appropriate actions
• Highlight important information
• Evaluate the effectiveness of action plans
• Visualize and improve process efficiency, and more generally organizational performance.

In terms of team dynamics

• Stimulate team creativity to generate more ideas
• Lay the foundations for collaborative working based on information sharing

In management terms

• Make communication more explicit, more accessible, to reduce misunderstandings
• Disseminate key messages effectively
• Help convince, raise awareness, particularly for change management