Digital Bulletin Board: Shift Plans and Notices in Real Time

Peakboard replaces the paper notice board with displays that feed directly from ERP, SharePoint or other sources – when a shift plan or safety notice changes, the new version appears in real time on every connected display across the plant, without anyone printing, pinning or distributing files. That is the digital bulletin board: no outdated notice, no print effort, no information that only exists on the board in Hall 3.

What is a digital bulletin board?

A digital bulletin board replaces the physical board in the hall with one or more displays that are managed centrally. Unlike a paper notice, content only needs to be changed in one central location and immediately appears on all connected displays. Nothing is out of date, nothing is still from last month.

What belongs on a digital bulletin board?

The answer depends on the audience. Typical for production:

• Shift plan and staffing schedule – who is assigned where, which line is running, who is on holiday
• Safety notices and incident KPIs – days without an accident, current safety topics
• Production KPIs – output, scrap, OEE from the ERP or MES
• Improvement ideas and actions – submitted suggestions, open and completed actions
• Company news – management announcements, birthdays, anniversaries

Peakboard lets you combine all of this on a single display – with configurable slide transitions, scheduling and automatic data updates from connected systems.

Peakboard Hub Files: manage content centrally for all displays

In larger plants with multiple displays at different locations, maintaining content quickly becomes burdensome. Peakboard Hub Files solve this: content – images, PDFs, videos, text – is uploaded once to the Peakboard Hub and immediately available on all connected devices. If a safety notice changes, the file is replaced once and all displays automatically show the new version.

This is especially valuable for cross-site rollouts: one plant updates a standard notice and all other sites see the change immediately. No email distribution list, no manual printing, no outdated notices.

Connection to shop floor management

A digital bulletin board is more than an information channel – it is the public-facing part of the shop floor information system. While the SQCDP board is used in the shop floor meeting, the bulletin board shows the status for everyone throughout the day. The digital shift log provides the day’s events; the bulletin board makes them visible to the entire team.

Connecting both systems creates a seamless communication solution: structured data in the shift log and meeting board, public communication on the bulletin board. Together they form a central part of digital shop floor management.