Obeya
Obeya or Oobeya (from Japanese 大部屋 "large room" or "war room") refers to a form of project management used in Asian companies (including Toyota) and is a component of the Lean Management.
During the product and process development, all individuals involved in managerial planning gather in a 'Great Room' to undertake a higher level of effectiveness in communication and decision-making, and combats barriers preventing these produced in more contemporary processes such as email and social networking. Essentially Obeya can be understood as a team spirit improvement tool at an administrative level.
Conceptually akin to traditional “war rooms,” an Obeya will contain visually engaging charts and graphs depicting such information as program timing, milestones and progress-to-date and countermeasures to existing technical or scheduling issues.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Capsule summaries of Key Lean Concepts B". lean.org. Retrieved 13 December 2013.