What is Visual Factory

This chapter presents a proposed checklist to determine the usability levels of standard work visuals (SWVs) used in manufacturing processes. The checklist considers attributes in terms of easy to use and methods facilitating their design. It is because there were not enough studies that address both attributes of use and methods to design visuals. Specifically, flow diagrams, procedures lesson, and one-point lessons as visuals are studied in this chapter. The theoretical departure covered diverse areas, and activity theory served as conceptual framework. So, the overall purpose of this chapter is to (1) explore the defined specifications for design visuals, (2) propose a checklist to determine the levels of usability, and (3) evaluate the visuals utilized in two manufacturing companies serving as cases of study. Finally, the results have permitted the convenience of using the proposed checklist for checking the design and utilization of the visuals in manufacturing processes to be proven.