Value Stream Mapping- Tool to Optimize the Process

Simulation of Production Process Reorganized with Value Stream Mapping

At the turn of the third millennium the world industry has found itself in probably the largest restructuring since the first industrial revolution. The progress is determined by two trends: dynamic progress of information and communication technologies which have enabled the creation of new markets and the redefinition of entire professions, globalization of economy thanks to new purchasing an...

Improving Wait Times to Care for Individuals with Multimorbidities and Complex Conditions Using Value Stream Mapping

Background Recognizing the significant impact of wait times for care for individuals with complex chronic conditions, we applied a LEAN methodology, namely – an adaptation of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to meet the needs of people with multiple chronic conditions and to improve wait times without additional resources or funding.   Methods Over an 18-month time period, staff applied a patient-cen...

Humanitarian Value Stream Mapping: Application to the EBOLA Outbreak

Humanitarian Supply Chain Management serves as bridge between needs and aid provided. Flows of goods and information connect the field to headquarters, distribution to procurement, beneficiaries to donors. The problems of decisionmaking, information sharing and coordination can be studied with this special logistics focus. We present a Value Stream Mapping approach that provides a structure to ...

Using Value Stream Mapping to Improve Forging Processes

Implementation of a Lean Model for Carrying out Value Stream Mapping in a Manufacturing Industry

Value Stream Mapping technique involves flowcharting the steps, activities, material flows, communications, and other process elements that are involved with a process or transformation. In this respect, Value stream mapping helps an organization to identify the non-value-adding elements in a targeted process and brings a product or a group of products that use the same resources through the ma...