Engineering Management
MSE507
Lean Manufacturing
Chapter 2
The Value Stream
"Whenever there is a product for a customer, there is a
value stream. The Challenge lies in seeing it”
PHILIP (PHIL) M. CONDIT
"There is only one boss: the customer. And he can
fire everybody in the company, from the chairman
on down, simply by spending his money
somewhere else."
Samuel M. Walton Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Why Map A Value Stream?
Lean Manufacturing is:
the relentless elimination of waste
Waste is using resource…
…without adding value
Value Streams
A Value Stream is the entire set of activities running from raw
material to finished product for a specific product or product family
In a typical enterprise, value streams can intersect with other
Value Stream Maps
Value Stream Maps are powerful visual tools to help see waste
and understand the flow of material and information
• Especially powerful for illustrating the wastes of Overproduction, Idle Material & Transportation
Value Stream Maps show all actions required to deliver a
product…
Other Benefits Of VSM
Provides a big picture perspective that helps focus on improving
the whole process, not just optimizing bits and pieces
Shows the linkage between the information flow and material
flow
Helps to see across the functional boundaries over which a
Other Uses For VSM
To help understand how your business actually works
(you don’t understand the current process if you can’t draw it) A tool for establishing a vision and implementation plan for a
new business or product line
A visual tool and common language for talking to others about
Mapping Process
Product Family
Current State Drawing
Work Plan &
Implementation
Future State Drawing
Understand how the value
currently flows
Design a LEAN flow
Plan how to get there
and execute the plan
Value Stream Step 1
Create a Matrix
1 2 3 4 5 6
A X X X X X
B X X X X X X
C X X X X X
D X X X
E X X X
F X X X X
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Assembly and Equipment
A Reminder
The point of value stream mapping is not the
maps, but to understand the flow of information
and material and see waste
...and then use that understanding and insight to
improve your process
Engineering Management
Value Stream Mapping
Current State Maps
The Current State Map
A pictorial view, drawn with pencil and paper while observing
the process on the factory floor, that shows how material and information currently flow
Creates a baseline for future improvements to be measured
against
Clarifies understanding of how the current production system
Example
Material Flow Information Flow
INVENTORY ICONS WITH PUSH ARROWS
Customer
PROCESS BOX ICONS
DATA BOX ICONS
- C/T time - C/O time - Up time - Scrap
28 days
15 sec
7.6
days days10 days7 days1.5 days3
395sec 501 sec
150 sec 60 sec
PLT = 57.1 days
PT = 18.7 minutes
Material Flow Icons
Assembly
XYZ Corporation
Data Box
C/O=30 min. C/T=45 sec.
3 Shifts. 2% Scrap
I
300 pieces 1 day
Inventory Supermarket
Shipment Push Finished Goods to Customer Physical
FIFO
First-In-First-Out Process
Box
Supplier/ Customer
Mon + Wed
Information Flow Icons
Manual Information Flow
Electronic Information Flow
Weekly Schedule
Schedule
OXOX
Load Leveling Box
Sequenced-Pull Ball
Withdrawal
Kanban ProductionKanban
Signal
General Icons
Uptime
Changeover
Kaizen Lightning Burst Operator
Buffer or Safety Stock
“Go See” Production
Value Stream Map - Acme Exercise
(Use the Handout Data Sheet)
Use a pencil and small Post-it notes on 11” x 17” paper.
Use the following colors
• BLUE - Process
• YELLOW - Inventory (tear in half)
• PINK - Master schedule / Production control
• GREEN - Supplier & Customer
Fill in a Post-it notes for each process/data and symbol
Remember
“Always start with the Customer”
Build the map, leave enough room between process boxes to
VSM - Acme Exercise
State Street Assembly
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
Tray = 20 pieces
Step 1
State Street Assembly
500 ft coils
VSM - Acme Exercise
Draw in process boxes and data.
• Add a shipping box
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
Tray = 20 pieces
Coils 5 days
I I I I I I
Stamping
4600 L 2400 R
S. Weld #1
C/O=1 hour
1
1 1 1
S. Weld #2 Ass’y #1 Ass’y #2
1 Shipping Staging 1100 L 600R 1600 L
850R 1200 L640R
2700 L 1440R C/T=1 sec Uptime =85% 27,600 sec. avail. C/T=39 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=46 sec Uptime = 80% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=62 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail.
C/O = 0
C/T=40 sec
Uptime = 100%
27,600 sec. avail.
C/O = 0
State Street Assembly
Steps 2 & 3
State Street Assembly
500 ft coils
VSM - Acme Exercise
Draw in Customer and Suppliers delivery schedules and
Steps 4 & 5
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
Tray = 20 pieces 2 shifts
Coils 5 days
I I I I I I
Stamping
4600 L 2400 R
S. Weld #1
C/O=1 hour
1
1 1 1
S. Weld #2 Ass’y #1 Ass’y #2
1 Shipping Staging 1100 L 600R 1600 L
850R 1200 L640R
2700 L 1440R C/T=1 sec Uptime =85% 27,600 sec. avail. C/T=39 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=46 sec Uptime = 80% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=62 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail.
C/O = 0
C/T=40 sec
Uptime = 100%
27,600 sec. avail.
C/O = 0
Tues. &
Thurs. 500 ft coils
VSM - Acme Exercise
Put in production control and schedules
Step 6
Production Control
MRP
Weekly Schedule Daily Ship Schedule
Daily Order 90/60/30 day forecasts 6 week forecast Weekly Fax 1x Daily Tues. & Thurs. 500 ft coils
Coils 5 days
I I I I I I
Stamping
4600 L 2400 R
S. Weld #1
C/O=1 hour
1
1 1 1
S. Weld #2 Ass’y #1 Ass’y #2
1 Shipping Staging 1100 L 600R 1600 L 850R 1200 L 640R 2700 L 1440R C/T=1 sec Uptime =85% 27,600 sec. avail. C/T=39 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=46 sec Uptime = 80% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=62 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
C/T=40 sec
Uptime = 100%
27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
VSM - Acme Exercise
Production Control MRP Daily Order 90/60/30 day forecasts 6 week forecast 1x Daily Tues. & Thurs. 500 ft coils
Coils 5 days
I I I I I I
Stamping
4600 L 2400 R
S. Weld #1
C/O=1 hour
1
1 1 1
S. Weld #2 Ass’y #1 Ass’y #2
1 Shipping Staging 1100 L 600R 1600 L 850R 1200 L 640R 2700 L 1440R C/T=1 sec Uptime =85% 27,600 sec. avail. C/T=39 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=46 sec Uptime = 80% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=62 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
C/T=40 sec
Uptime = 100%
27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
Tray = 20 pieces 2 shifts
State Street Assembly
Daily Ship Schedule
Step 7
VSM - Acme Exercise
Draw production lead time/value-added timeline
Calculate production lead time for inventory triangles by
dividing quantity of inventory by the customer daily requirement • This is a really neat trick! It turns a count of inventory into the
number of production days that inventory represents • Stamping / Weld
18,400 pieces/mo / 20 days = 920 pieces/day 920 / 16 hours (2 shifts) = 57.5 pieces/hour
7000 pieces (total Inv.) / 57.5 pieces/hour = 121.7 hours of Inv. 121.7 hours of Inv. / 16 hours = 7.6 days of Inventory
Finish the rest of the calculations.
What is the inventory production lead time?
Production Control MRP Daily Order 90/60/30 day forecasts 6 week forecast 1x Daily Tues. & Thurs. 500 ft coils
Coils 5 days
I I I I I I
Stamping
4600 L 2400 R
S. Weld #1
C/O=1 hour
1
1 1 1
S. Weld #2 Ass’y #1 Ass’y #2
1 Shipping Staging 1100 L 600R 1600 L 850R 1200 L 640R 2700 L 1440R C/T=1 sec Uptime =85% 27,600 sec. avail. C/T=39 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail.
C/O=10 m C/T=46 sec
Uptime = 80% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O=10 m C/T=62 sec Uptime = 100% 27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
C/T=40 sec
Uptime = 100%
27,600 sec. avail. C/O = 0
18400 pieces/month -12000- L
- 6400- R
Tray = 20 pieces 2 shifts Daily Ship
Schedule
Step 7
Weekly ScheduleWeekly Schedule Weekly
Fax
5 days
1 sec
7.6
days days1.8 days2.7 days2 days4.5
40 sec 62 sec
46 sec
39 sec PLT = PT = 188 23.6sec. days
Acme Steering Bracket Line
3-15-2002 State Street
Assembly Michigan Steel
Company
The Office
Office functions support many shop floor value streams -
purchasing, payroll
The rate of customer demand is often hard to “see”
Inventory can be forms, paperwork, in-baskets, out-baskets,
voicemail, email
Cycles of activity often are random - little standard work
The Office
The Office Current State
Define boundaries of your value stream
“There has to be a ‘product’ or ‘service’ to follow - like a
The Office Current State
What capability do you provide?
Is the demand stable?
• If not, what is the range ?
Constructing Office Current State
Waiting should be recorded if there is no apparent ‘end’ takt
time and the next process is far away
Use Cycle Time of customer process to understand total lead
time
I
Outbox
1 Day
w
Waiting
1/2 Day at meeting
I
Inbox
Constructing Office Current State
State Street Assembly
Customer
Make notes where you see obvious Waste on the Map
Poor workplace Organization
Re-enter Data: Legacy System
Duplication: Many Signatures
Paper Form Rework: Incomplete Data State Street
1 sales Rep State Street Assembly Michigan Steel Company Customer Customer Central database Engineering database I Outbox 2 files 1 Day w Waiting
1/2 Day at meeting I Inbox 2 files 1 Day I Outbox 3 files 1 Day w Waiting 1/2 Day Customer I Inbox 10 files 1 Day I Outbox 4 files 1 Day w Waiting I Inbox 2 files 1 Day w Waiting 1/2 Day Purchasing quote I Inbox 7 files
1 Day Clarify1 Day I Email / voicemail W Meeting 3 hours 4 Estimates .5 hours
Total 10 Days
Total CT 8 hrs 20 min
60 min
3 hrs 20 min
4 hrs 10 min
.5 hr 3 hr 1 Day .5 Day 1 Day
.5 Day 1 Day 1 Day .5 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day
Order
Receipt Manf. Eng.
Eng. Review Quote Prep BOM Validation
1 Sales Rep
1 Eng. 1 Eng.
1 sales Rep
Email Quote Design Log file Phone Clarification Email -Clarification EmailO
rder PhoneClarification
Phone Clarification
Mapping Tips
Use Colored Post-it notes paper for Mapping
(Easier to move Post-it notes than redraw)
Use roll of butcher paper so you can use a wall and see the
whole VSM
Use string or ribbon to show material & information flows
Mapping Tips
Best to map production lines between
Tuesday and Thursday
Use someone from the line or process to walk you through it
first, post-it note process, come back and get
Real Data and Times
If you plan on using the times to balance your process then do
not take shortcuts - you will be way off (Embarrass yourself!!)
Mapping Steps
Gather customer information
Get with the process owners and talk / draw - through theprocess sequence and capture the sequence on a Post-it note
Walk the process - Post-it note process boxes (up versus downstream?)
Fill in data boxes and inventory levels. (Get Real Times)
Document how goods are delivered to the customer
Gather supplier information
Add information flowsMapping Tips
Calculate production lead time for inventory triangles by dividing
quantity of inventory by the customer daily requirement
• This is a really neat trick! It turns a count of inventory into the number of production days that inventory represents
Homework Assignment
Questions:
1. Use slide 30 as a template and construct a value stream of your choice (product or service)
2. Explain the advantages and possible disadvantages of using Value Stream Maps to improve the business
Read Lean Thinking Chapter 3 - Flow