Digital Whiteboards Best Practices for Manufacturing: Transforming Tiered Meetings with Real-Time Visibility

A digital whiteboard or Huddle Board is an interactive, real-time dashboard used during tiered meetings to visualize KPIs, track issues and drive action. Digital whiteboards are used throughout the manufacturing plant to support daily operations - providing a central platform for team communication and workflow management.

Line operators use digital whiteboards to monitor workflow and production stages, ensuring clarity and early detection of issues. Visual indicators on digital whiteboards help teams track progress and identify problems in real time. Visual control is achieved through charts, graphs and alerts displayed on the boards - making it easier to manage production flow and maintain safety. Visual management boards also provide real-time feedback and transparency - displaying key information to keep everyone aligned and accountable.

By automatically integrating live data from connected systems and visualizing it instantly - saving up to 68 % of the time spent preparing reports.

Yes. Poka’s digital forms and workflows ensure safety checks, audits and standard work are completed, tracked and stored digitally for audit readiness.

Issues can be logged, assigned, and escalated in real time - reducing resolution time by 20–40 %.

Manufacturers using Poka report faster decision-making, improved accountability, higher form completion rates and stronger alignment across shifts and sites.