Creating Flow in High-Variety Environments
Learn how to apply advanced lean principles to create a value stream of multiple product flows at the pull of the customer with a step-by-step process. This session also covers product family selection, Takt capability, sequenced FIFO lanes, offset scheduling, interval, and guaranteed turnaround times for shared resources. Concepts in action through real-world case studies of complex manufacturing operations that have gone beyond basic value stream mapping to create a future state that supports mixed model production will also be discussed.
Kevin Duggan - Institute for Operational Excellence
An Alternative to Value Stream Mapping for Implementing Lean in a High-Mix Low-Volume (HMLV) Fabrication Facility
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean tool that may be effective for planning the implementation of lean in a low-mix high-volume (LMHV) repetitive manufacturing facility. This presentation will introduce a new computer-aided methods and provide a tutorial on implementing VNM. We will map the complete set of Value Streams for a single large and complex fabricated product that consists of three major welded sub-assemblies.
Shahrukh Irani - Lean & Flexible, LLC
