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Visual communication in lean organizations
Maria Virginia Iugasubject
Knowledge managementbusiness.industry0211 other engineering and technologiesAutomotive industry02 engineering and technologyWork force020303 mechanical engineering & transports0203 mechanical engineeringOrder (business)lcsh:TA1-2040Component (UML)021105 building & constructionOrganizational communicationVisual communicationbusinesslcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)description
Many researchers have studied the role and importance of communication and communication types for organizations and their work force. The topic of organizational communication is a constantly changing one. The thing that remains stable throughout this very wide topic is its purpose: communication is vital for the effectiveness and success of organizations of all sizes, types and cultures. In terms of type, one could split up topic by type as followed: verbal, visual and written. This research paper focuses on the visual component at shop floor within automotive organizations. It aims at giving the reader a structured overview on the most appropriate but also lean visual communication practices. In order to establish these methods at shop floor, a survey was conducted among nine big automotive companies in Romania. It was then followed up by a second survey dedicated to check the effectiveness of implementation of these methods in a big automotive organization. The paper presents the analyses, results and the conclusions of this surveys.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | MATEC Web of Conferences |