The photo you can see below is a simple, inexpensive and effective visual management solution for one of my client's previously ongoing business issues - their heating system switching itself off (because it has run out of fuel!). Simple visual management system example A heating system might not be your most gripping business issue, but the point of this post is the big issue behind visual management systems... Visual management approaches don't work if the staff of a business don't look at the information being presented. The above window is only effective if the people who can refill the hopper regularly look at it in order to make a decision. If everyone walks past the window and does nothing then the window is pointless. Clearly having a window is better than having no window (they used to have open the hatch to look in). But not looking at the window makes having a window redundant. So, let's extend this point past this example: Visual operator ma