Lean manufacturing implementation using value stream mapping as a tool

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naga Vamsi Krishna Jasti ◽  
Aditya Sharma

Purpose – Value stream mapping (VSM) is a lean manufacturing (LM) tool used for analyzing material and information flow on a specific product family. The purpose of this article is to address the importance of VSM in LM environment in an Indian auto components industry. Design/methodology/approach – The case study approach has been used to show the applicability and importance of VSM in an Indian auto components company, in which the current state of manufacturing is mapped with the help of VSM symbols. According to the current state mapping, the study conducted analysis and identifies the area of improvement needed in terms of work in process, lead time and cycle time. The study further implemented kaizen on the current state map and developed future state map while including these kaizens. Findings – The study clearly shows that the VSM brings out the positive impact on process ratio, TAKT time, process inventory level, line speed, total lead and process time and reduced man power. It is helping the company in satisfying their customers with respect to quality, cost and delivery. Research limitations/implications – The main limitation of the study is the confined focus on a single industry. The case should be extended to other industries in order to support the findings and for the purpose of the wider generalization. Practical implications – The results obtained from the study will help other industries and sectors to implement VSM in LM environment. Originality/value – The article deals with a real case study, which shows application of VSM for implementing lean principles.

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naga Vamsi Krishna Jasti ◽  
Srinivas Kota ◽  
Kuldip Singh Sangwan

Purpose Lean manufacturing (LM) plays a major role in eliminating wastes (activities/resources) in a manufacturing organization. Value stream mapping (VSM) is one of the critical tools in LM which will help in identifying wastes in materials and information flow in a specific product family. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the significance of VSM in the auto-ancillary industry in enhancing the productivity and the quality. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach is followed to demonstrate the significance of VSM in identifying various wastes in the auto-ancillary industry. The study has been performed by implementing seven critical steps. A product family is identified based on the customer demand and a cross functional team with specialized experts was formed. The overall processes with sequence are mapped using process flowchart. A cross functional team has been formed to develop the current state of VSM and perform a critical analysis to identify shortcomings. An investigation was performed to overcome the existing shortcomings by identifying opportunities. The relevant kaizens to improve the current state have been proposed. The cross functional team of experts have performed a feasibility study on implementation of proposed kaizens. Finally, a future state of VSM after implementation of feasible kaizens has been reported. Findings The results show that future state of VSM brings out the positive impact with respect to process ratio, TAKT time, process inventory level, total lead time and bottleneck time. The proposed improvement also helped to achieve higher customer satisfaction in terms of increased quality, reduced cost and on time delivery. Research limitations/implications Present study is focussed on a single product family cell in one of the auto-component organization. Originality/value Helps practitioners in the auto-component industry to implement the VSM effectively in their organization.


Lately, value stream mapping (VSM) is integrated with tools and techniques that belong to other areas of knowledge such as risk management (RM). It is well known tool in showing the value, value stream and the flow which represents three of lean manufacturing (LM) principles. This integration, gives more benefit in covering two of VSM issues such as considering the variability and uncertainty of production processes. In this paper, a model named variable value stream mapping (V-VSM) that integrates the two was showed, explained and tested. The model helps to generate the VSM in a dynamic way with the identification of current and potential risks. These risks might happen in the future bringing a strong impact on not reaching the main objectives in the defined time and cost. The model has been tested by conducting a case study in food sector. A current state map was built using both models, traditional VSM and VVSM. The results showed the effect of variability and uncertainty on the total cycle time (CT) and lead time (LT) values, where the traditional VSM failed to show it by being a static tool. Comparing the results of both models show the differences in presenting the real state of manufacturing environment..


Author(s):  
Hien Ton Nguyen Trong ◽  
Gareth Jones

<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Value stream mapping (VSM) is a tool often applied in organisations working with lean in order to visualise and analyse production processes. By creating a value stream map, organisation can identify its main criticalities, look at both information &amp; material flow mapping in order to enhance lean manufacturing. Hence, the purpose of this work was to develop a value stream mapping for ETP Ion Detect Company (ETP) to demonstrate the possibilities of seeing sources of waste, shortening the lead-time, and reducing work-in-process inventory with the value stream mapping application.</p><p><strong>Key words</strong>: lean production, value stream mapping, current state map, future state map</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prasanna Venkatesan Ramani ◽  
Laxmana Kumara Lingan KSD

Purpose Lean construction is a technique that aims at reducing waste in construction and maximizing productivity. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effectiveness of Lean technique in managing construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A case study of structural steel erection project was chosen where the value stream mapping lean tool is applied and the possible improvement in productivity was observed. The current state of the activities in the erection process was mapped first which was followed by preparing the Future State Map of the activities after eliminating the non-value adding tasks. Findings The modifications from Future State Map were carried out at the project and the results exhibited a substantial increase in productivity by reducing the project duration by 13 days which is about 30 per cent savings from the expected completion time after the implementation of Lean technique. Originality/value Traditionally lean concept has been widely used in process-oriented manufacturing industry whereas it is relatively new to the project-oriented construction industry. This current research has focused on applying lean tool to a real time construction project at the site level and measuring its outcome practically. The results of this study are real and affirm the effectiveness of applying lean concept to construction projects. It will be major paradigm shift in terms of managing construction projects.


2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 01095 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Santosa ◽  
M. Sugarindra

PT. XY produces musical instruments such as Upright Pianos and Grand Pianos. Due to a competitive competition, a good quality product is highly required as well as increasing the production scale. To achieve these objectives, company needs to reduce wastes occurred in its production lines, particularly in the division of sanding panel upright piano (UP) which produces type of PE B1 pianos. High cycle time and lead-time are caused by wastes in UP panel sanding division. Therefore, it is needed improvements to be applied here so that the production lines will be run more effectively and efficiently. This study aims to identify wastes using Value Stream Mapping (VSM) as a tool of lean manufacturing and to implement the improvements using Kaizen. It is found that the wastes are motion and waiting. Furthermore, the improvements (kaizen) are focused on reducing motion and waiting wastes. It is shown that cycle time decreased from 51.16 minutes to 41.90 minutes, work in process or inventory can be reduced to 24 pcs over 32 pcs, and the lead-time is 0.167 days of 0.222 days.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagmeet Singh ◽  
Harwinder Singh

Purpose This paper aims to apply lean manufacturing using value stream mapping (VSM) in the manufacturing organization (automotive suspension and fastening components section). To validate the VSM approach, simulation has been done. Design/methodology/approach VSM approach has been used to implement lean stages in the U-bolt section. Current state map was prepared and future state map has been implemented. Further, simulation has been done to compare current state and future state maps. Findings It has been found that there is 87.59% reduction in cycle time (C/T), 76.47% reduction in work-in-process (WIP) inventory, 95.41% reduction in production lead time, 66.08% increase in value added (VA) ratio, 95.78% reduction in non-value added (NVA) time, 57.14% reduction in the number of operators and 70.67% reduction in change over (C/O) time for the U-bolt section. Simulated and VSM of current and future state has observed error of 5 s. Research limitations/implications This study is based on automotive manufacturing industry situated in northern part of India. The outcome of this study is applicable only to the selected product of the manufacturing company. Originality/value This paper deals with case study part which reflects the true picture of implementation of Lean manufacturing (LM) tools in the organization.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.29) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Zulfa Fitri Ikatrinasari ◽  
Dan Kosasih

PT. AEMI is one of the growing electronic component manufacturing company. By this time, Kaizen project has been run and managed to become a culture in PT AEMI. However, the project has not integrated, comprehensive and not yet has a long-term goals. Implementation of value stream mapping (VSM) in PT AEMI is expected to make Kaizen projects more focused and to produce increasing of the maximum efficiency. In addition, VSM Kaizen is believed to make the those programs more integrated, effective and comprehensive. This study aims to: (1) create a current state mapping in the Department of Quality Control PT. AEMI, (2) identify wastes in the Department of Quality Control PT.AEMI, (3) create a future state mapping at the Department of Quality Control PT. AEMI, (4) make a plan of improvement and analyzing the application. Stages of the study were as follows: (1) identification of work processes, (2) collect and analysis of work process time, (3) analysis of the current state mapping, (4) calculate of lead time and process time, (5) analysis of value added and non value-added activities, (6) analysis of wastes, (7) make a plan of future state mapping, (8) improvement design (improvement planning), (9) implementation of improvement, (10) analysis of the implementation of improvements. The results of this study are: 1) current state mapping at QC Department shows that the total lead time of 848 minutes where there is non-value added activity of 778 minutes. 2) identify waste on the handling process where the product movement from assembly to QC for 2 minutes, movement transactions from assembly to QC for 479 minutes and the waiting time at  inspection area for 727 minutes. 3) future state mapping at QC Department shows that the total lead time of 516.5 minutes where there is non-value added activity of 446.5 minutes. 4) the improvement to do is to change the lay out where final inspection is moved from QC to manufacturing so as to result in reduce of non-value added activity by 46%. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Henny Henny ◽  
Muhammad Kahfi Hadi Syuhada

  Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk menganalisis pemborosan produksi produk Jala Ikan KKP menggunakan lean manufacturing di PT. Indoneptune Net Manufacturing dengan memetakan aliran produksi dan menganalisisnya menggunakan value stream mapping (VSM). Analisis terhadap pemborosan dengan metode VSM dilakukan karena VSM dapat memetakan aliran informasi dan material dari awal sampai akhir dari value stream pembuatan suatu produk. Sehingga dapat dilihat proses mana saja yang merupakan pemborosan. Adapun VSM yang dibuat adalah current-state VSM karena dapat merepresentasikan kondisi saat ini dari aliran produksi yang ada. Hasil yang didapatkan setelah dibuat current-state VSM adalah aliran produksi produk jala Ikan KKP melewati proses spinning, ring roupe, netting dan finishing yang memiliki sub-sub proses yang berbeda. Dari setiap sub-proses tersebut dipetakan nama proses, jumlah waktu cycle time dan changeover time, level inventory, waktu kerja tersedia dan jumlah operator. Penganalisisan pemborosan dilakukan pada setiap sub-proses untuk dapat mengetahui nilai tambah proses tersebut terhadap produk utama yang sedang dikerjakan pada setiap tahapan proses yang berlangsung. Kesimpulan yang didapat yaitu pemborosan yang terjadi di departemen spinning salah satunya adalah delay time karena persiapan sebelum proses peleburan, waktu tunggu karena persiapan proses twist di departemen ring roupe, transportasi berlebih sebelum proses tatekan dan pengerjaan ulang di hoshu 2 di departemen finishing.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1451
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ahmad ◽  
Helena JK ◽  
Andrean Yonathan

PT. IE is engaged in the business of making Lighting and Lampposts. Based on observations and interviews, there are still some wastes that arise in the flow of the production process, among which there are still many wastes of waiting time, transportation, movement and inventory. These wastes cause the product completion time to be longer and the resulting quality decreases. To eliminate or reduce waste, it is necessary to apply Lean Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing is a systematic approach to eliminating waste and changing processes by identifying and reducing waste with continuous improvement and striving to create a production flow along the value stream by eliminating all forms of waste and increasing the added value of products to customers. From the Pareto diagram, it is found that transportation waste has the highest percentage of 26.21%, waiting time is 21.38%, motion waste is 19.31% and waste inventories are 15.17%. while the results of the Value Stream Mapping Current State Map mapping obtained a production lead time of 7,680 seconds and a total cycle time of 6,660 seconds and a PCE Current State Map value of 53.09%. Identify the root causes of waste using Fishbone diagrams, 5 Why Analysis, 5W+1H, Fault Tree Analysis and FMEA. After corrective actions have been taken, based on the Value Stream Mapping Future mapping there is a decrease in production lead time to 5,220 seconds and a decrease in total cycle time to 4,860 seconds and an increase in PCE Future State Map to 68.10% so that there is an increase of 15.01% which shows The company's production process has become more Lean.PT. IE bergerak dalam bisnis pembuatan Lighting dan Tiang Lampu. Berdasarkan observasi dan wawancara, masih terdapat beberapa pemborosan (waste) yang timbul di aliran proses produksi di antaranya masih banyak terjadi pemborosan-pemborosan waktu tunggu, transportasi, gerakan dan inventori. Pemborosan-pemborosan tersebut menyebabkan waktu penyelesaian produk menjadi lebih lama dan kualitas yang dihasilkan menurun. Untuk menghilangkan atau mengurangi pemborosan diperlukan adanya penerapan Lean Manufacturing.Lean Manufacturing merupakan pendekatan sistematik untuk mengeliminasi pemborosan dan mengubah proses dengan cara mengidentifikasi dan mengurangi pemborosan dengan perbaikan kontinu dan berupaya untuk menciptakan aliran produksi sepanjang value stream dengan menghilangkan segala bentuk pemborosan serta meningkatkan nilai tambah produk kepada pelanggan. Dari diagram Pareto ditemukan waste transportasi memiliki persentase paling tinggi sebesar 26,21%, waktu tunggu  21,38%, waste motion 19,31% dan waste inventories 15,17%. sedangkan hasil pemetaan Value Stream Mapping Current State Map diperoleh production lead time selama 7.680 detik dan total cycle time selama 6.660 detik serta nilai PCE Current State Map sebesar 53,09%. Identifikasi akar permasalahan pemborosan menggunakan diagram Fishbone, 5 Why Analysis, 5W+1H, Fault Tree Analysis dan FMEA. Setelah dilakukan tindakan–tindakan perbaikan, berdasarkan pemetaan Value Stream Mapping Future ada penurunan production lead time menjadi 5.220 detik dan penurunan total cycle time menjadi 4.860 detik serta ada peningkatan PCE Future State Map menjadi 68,10% sehingga ada peningkatan 15,01% yang menunjukan proses produksi perusahaan telah menjadi lebih Lean.


Author(s):  
Renu Yadav ◽  
Ashish Shastri ◽  
Mithlesh Rathore

To survive in today’s competitive business world, companies require small lead times, low costs and high customer service levels. As such, companies pay more effort to reduce their manufacturing lead times. Value stream mapping (VSM) technique has been used on a broad scale in big companies such as Toyota and Boeing. This paper considers the implementation of value stream mapping technique in manufacturing helical springs by railway spring manufacturing company. It focuses on product family, current state map improvements and the future state map. The aim is to identify waste in the form of non value added activities & processes and then removing them to improve the performance of the company. Current state map is prepared to describe the existing position and various problem areas.. Future state map is prepared to show the proposed improvement action plans. The achievements of value stream implementation are reduction in lead time, cycle time and inventory level. It was found that even a small company can make significant improvements by adopting VSM technology. It was concluded that if we adopt the VSM technique the company could reduce the manufacturing lead time from 36.86 days to 34.06 days.


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