In a highly competitive market, many companies choose to implement lean production. Kanban is one of its most important tools.
But 80% of people think that Kanban is a burden, and after investing a lot of resources, the company fails to gain value and ends up as an ornament. There are even some companies that use digital large-screen billboards, which are jokingly described as "face projects".
Kanban is a visual tool. Integrate data and information, monitor business processes, measure and share business results, and facilitate departmental collaboration.
Kanban is a communication tool. Through data disclosure and presentation, effective information can be shared within the company, and communication and collaboration between organizations can be activated. "Face engineering" is the ignorance of the visualization and communication functions of Kanban boards, treating them as ordinary screens that display data or results.
Characteristics of Kanban:
Clause. 1. Kanban focuses on a business goal. In general, a Kanban board will focus on only one business issue.
Clause. Second, the dashboard must present a full picture, so that users can successfully find the new growth curve of the enterprise through the data insight indicator rules. If only partial or partial data can be presented, the efficiency of obtaining information and insight into problems will be greatly reduced.
Application scenarios of Kanban:
Scenario 1: Monitoring.
Monitoring is the mainstream application function of Kanban: through the large screen of Kanban, companies can obtain data in real time, understand business processes, gain insight into development trends, and even issue business warnings.
Scenario 2: Analysis.
Kanban needs to have the ability to sink into details: when the actual data is inconsistent with the project's expectations, it helps the business department analyze the details that lead to the anomaly and get to the core problem.
Scenario 3: Collaboration.
After discovering the problem and finding the cause, using Kanban to solve the business problem requires teamwork: the insight, analysis and solution of the business problem require the participation of every team member;In addition, the results of data updates should be fed back to the entire team in a timely manner to keep the department in sync.
Every scene is indispensable;Monitoring, analysis, and collaboration are a set of systematic processes, and without any one link, the other two links are meaningless.
How to build a proper, professional Kanban board?
Principle 1: One screen contains all the information you need.
Principle 2: Be time-sensitive.
Principle 3: Customization aims to meet the needs of users, and will only be concerned when it meets the business requirements of users.
Generally, company Kanban can be divided into three types: strategic Kanban, analytical Kanban, and operational Kanban.
Kanban management needs to be clear: what is the theme?Who is the user?What is the scope of application?How granular is the information?How often are they updated?
Finally, back to the question, Kanban management is definitely valuable, but it is necessary to understand that the large screen is only the last terminal display, and the previous data filling and collection, data processing, indicator selection, real-time data synchronization, etc. need to be done step by step clearly (can be achieved through EOS wizards), in order to make the large screen of Kanban play its real value, otherwise it is empty talk.
Only by focusing on core business issues, establishing an integrated data indicator system, and correctly using visual charts can we effectively give full play to the value of data dashboards and drive business growth.