Visual Factory Chillers

A visual factory is a factory that uses visual methods to convey information in a lean manufacturing environment. Lytron operates a visual factory that is continuously striving to improve quality and on-time delivery for its customers. The current status of jobs is clear to everyone involved and everyone is, quite literally, on the same page. For example, the chiller team works off of flat screen monitors at each work station that show them all of the build documentation electronically, and the current week’s production goals and customer commitment dates are posted in the factory for everyone to see and reference as needed. Lytron also uses color coding in numerous areas to help employees quickly and easily identify prototypes that have special handling requirements.