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Integrating Poka with iObeya to Enhance Autonomous Process Confirmation
- Challenges Before Integration: Manual Processes Hindering Lean Efficiency
- How Integrating Poka and iObeya Transforms Lean Manufacturing
- How Integrating Poka with iObeya Drives Operational Excellence
- Steps for Successful Integration: A Lean Approach to Digital Transformation
- Unlocking Lean Manufacturing Potential with Visual Management
- Take the Next Step In Your Lean Digital Transformation
In manufacturing, ensuring operational efficiency and consistent quality across production lines is essential. One of the core challenges for factories is to streamline their processes while reducing manual tasks that lead to human errors. iObeya, a visual management platform, enables teams to monitor, manage, and enhance processes across various departments. Integrating iObeya with Poka, an autonomous process confirmation tool, can help improve overall efficiency and quality. By leveraging this integration, manufacturers can automate key workflows, reduce non-value-added activities, and empower operators with the tools needed for streamlined and accurate performance to drive operational excellence.
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Poka is a connected worker platform for manufacturing that streamlines knowledge sharing, training, and process management on the factory floor. It enables operators to access real-time
information, complete digital workflows, and ensure consistent quality across operations
Challenges Before Integration: Manual Processes Hindering Lean Efficiency
Before integrating Poka with iObeya, a manufacturer encountered the following significant operational challenges:
Inefficient Process Inspections:
Operators had to manually inspect various production spots, leading to time-consuming and inconsistent process checks.
Complexity in Data Handling:
Data from inspections and checks often required manual entry, increasing the risk of human errors and creating delays in data availability.
Lack of Real-Time Updates:
Without automation, updating KPIs and other metrics across systems was slow, impacting the decision-making process for management.
Disconnected Tools and Teams:
Factory floor operators, supply chain management, and maintenance teams were often siloed, which limited transparency and slowed down issue resolution.
Factory floor operators, supply chain management, and maintenance teams were often siloed, which limited transparency and slowed down issue resolution.
How Integrating Poka and iObeya Transforms Lean Manufacturing
Integrating Poka with iObeya addresses these challenges by automating the flow of data from inspections to visual management boards, simplifying workflows and enhancing efficiency.
Automated Data Mapping and Conversion:
Using Microsoft Power Automate as the integration layer, data is mapped, converted, and injected into iObeya in real time. This automation ensures that the desired values are displayed accurately on iObeya boards without manual intervention.
Real-Time KPI Updates:
KPIs and other critical metrics from Poka are automatically fed into iObeya, allowing managers and operators to track performance instantly and make informed decisions faster.
Unified Visual Management System:
By centralizing inspection data in iObeya, factories gain a single source of truth, bringing clarity to operational insights and minimizing misunderstandings across teams.
The diagram below shows the global integration flow:
How Integrating Poka with iObeya Drives Operational Excellence
The integration of Poka with iObeya delivers multiple benefits, streamlining processes and enhancing the user experience for operators, management, and maintenance teams.
Increased Operational Efficiency:
By simplifying inspection processes and automating data transfer, operators save time on data entry, gaining approximately three minutes per input session. For factories with hundreds of inspections daily, this time saving is substantial
Error Reduction and Quality Assurance:
Automation reduces the chance of human error, ensuring that data from the floor reaches management in an accurate and reliable manner, which improves quality control.
Improved User Experience:
Clear, easy-to-use workflows empower operators to perform their tasks more effectively and allow management to access relevant information immediately. This results in better team collaboration and faster problem resolution.
Enhanced Process Transparency:
All stakeholders—from operators to managers—can access real-time updates on visual boards, which improves communication and enables a faster response to any issues that arise.
Steps for Successful Integration: A Lean Approach to Digital Transformation
The integration process involved the following critical steps to ensure a smooth and effective deployment:
1. Goal Alignment and Process Design
The management team set objectives for efficiency and simplicity, ensuring the project met operational needs.
2. Collaboration and Implementation:
Teams across supply chain, manufacturing, and maintenance worked together with digital transformation experts to design workflows and configure boards and indicators in iObeya.
3. Technical Setup:
Data mapping, conversion, and automation setup were implemented using Power Automate to bridge Poka and iObeya seamlessly.
4. Testing and Optimization:
The integrated system was tested to ensure accurate data transfer and user-friendly experiences, with adjustments made as necessary.
5. Training and Change Management:
Operators and management were trained to leverage the new workflows, ensuring smooth adoption and effective usage.
This comprehensive approach facilitated a quick implementation timeline of around two weeks, bringing improvements to approximately 150 users across various departments.
Unlocking Lean Manufacturing Potential with Visual Management
The integration of Poka with iObeya has transformed process confirmation in Lean manufacturing by reducing manual workload, minimizing errors, and creating a seamless flow of information. The outcome is a more streamlined, transparent, and efficient manufacturing environment, helping organizations stay competitive in a demanding industry. With automated data handling and real-time visual updates, factories can maintain high standards of quality while maximizing productivity.
Take the Next Step In Your Lean Digital Transformation
If your organization is looking to automate your manufacturing workflows and drive operational excellence, book a demo to learn more information on how iObeya can enhance your business processes. Embrace the future of visual management and empower your team with tools that drive operational excellence.
Interested in learning more about iObeya? Visit our Best-in-Class Integrations page to explore how iObeya connects with your existing Lean Manufacturing tools like TrakSYS to streamline your operations. For more in-depth, technical information on iObeya’s integrations please visit our resource center.
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