{"id":"production-analysis-board","model_id":"Production analysis board","name":"Production analysis board","summary":"A production analysis board is a display, often a large whiteboard, placed beside a process to show actual performance against planned performance. It is used to identify problems: when production does not match the plan, the problem is recorded and its cause is investigated. It is a problem-identification and problem-solving tool, not a production scheduling tool.","study_notes":["The board in the illustration shows process performance on an hourly basis, comparing planned with actual production.","When production does not correspond to the plan, the problem is recorded and a cause is sought.","For a process regulated by pull signals rather than a preset schedule, the board records the amounts requested by the next downstream process, which may vary from plan during a shift or day, and compares them with actual production.","The board can be an important visual management tool, particularly as a firm begins its transformation to lean production.","It is also called a production control board, a progress control board, or a problem-solving board.","The document refers to Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)."],"safety_notes":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/production-analysis-board/","title":"Production Analysis Board - Lean Enterprise Institute","accessed":"2026-10-25"}],"verification":{"status":"source_checked","checked_at":"2026-10-25","values":1,"method":"llm_source_check"},"updated_at":"2026-10-25","type":"operational","spec":{"kind":"tool","related":[]},"url":"https://machineschema.com/operational/production-analysis-board","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}