Comments on: Inexpensive (But Powerful) Visual Controls

By: Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:17:59 +0000

I like this idea, looking for something similar to this. We need to mount our visual on a wall, so something like a medical exam room status flag might be a better option for us, like this example. http://www.quickmedical.com/exam_room_products/signals.html. I’m going to see though if I can find a way to use the cups, so much cheaper! We have 50 test cells that we would want to use this on so any expensive andon lights just won’t work.

By: Tim McMahon

Tim McMahon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:19 +0000

That is great – simple no cost solutions. We use colored golf balls and pin pong balls in one factory as a kanban single. Due to the effect of gravity and the fact the balls roll -using PVC pipe can creat some effective visual controls especially FIFO. This has inspired my to put this on my site.

By: Alan Shephard

Alan Shephard — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:53:40 +0000

Very nice visual control. I especially like the PVC like tubing they used to hold the cups up. I’ll be sharing this idea with my colleagues today.