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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"Value Stream"”.
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Refurbishment value stream optimization
One of Company X's many services is to refurbish systems at regular intervals during their use. Quick turnaround times are of the utmost importance both to keep Company X's costs low and to ensure the systems are returned to perform their services in the field as rapidly as possible. This research …
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Integrating Value Stream Mapping and Simulation
<p>An important principle in Lean manufacturing, value stream mapping (VSM) can be helpful in understanding how process flow and information flow affect each other. A VSM is a static picture of a process that allows the user to see where value is added into the value stream. Simulation is used to …
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An Operational Value Stream Analysis for Developmental Excellence
… flight envelope, due to the impact of the fan upstream influence on inlet flow distortion suggesting increased operational capability for the air vehicle program B. This research provides actionable recommendations to enhance the operational value stream of new air vehicle program development, …
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Value stream analysis and mapping for product development
This thesis explores of Value Stream Analysis and Mapping (VSA/M) as applied to Product Development (PD) efforts. It contains three parts: the background and history of PD VSA/M, a report of the current PD VSA/M practices within the U.S. aerospace industry, and the proposal of a general VSA/M …
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Using value stream mapping to improve forging processes
Value stream mapping is a technique that uses icons to map the flow of product through a manufacturing system. These icons are aided by summary statistics to further detail the specific manufacturing system. The value stream mapping process usually consists of defining the current state of the …
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Study and analysis of value stream for Yesco production
… Sign Company (YESCO) and develop a current state value stream map for different work orders from the time the work order is distributed by the department of layout to the time the finished product is ready to crate. Also, we will analyze production sequences, cycle time, labor time, lead-time and …
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Value stream financial modeling for improved production decision making
Understanding the overall impact of a decision in a manufacturing system can be challenging given the complex production and financial structures in today's companies. While knowing the direct result of a local change may be easy, anticipating the real impact to the rest of the business can be …
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Implementing lean material management in an extended value stream
… level, one project focused upon making extended value stream maps of material flow between AAM plants and suppliers/processors. This information allows all decision-makers at AAM to objectively examine a common set of information, information which was previously unavailable to any one …
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Manufacturing system design : flexible manufacturing systems and value stream mapping
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002.
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Restoring product focus across the value stream through organizational restructuring
… and the structure of its processes influence the value delivered to customers. In some sense, products, processes, and the organization should "fit" each other. This thesis presents a framework for thinking about product architecture, enterprise architecture, and the value stream of processes that …
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Lean implementation across value stream in main rotor blade area
… to help focus efforts on different areas of the value stream. These activities resulted in changes in the following areas: decrease in cycle times and lead times, reduction in inventory, procedural changes, and a future plan to physically change the factory floor to improve flow.
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Enterprise level value stream mapping and analysis for aircraft carrier components
… a global, high-level information and material value stream map for a specified pipe assembly. It identifies the largest areas of waste in the value stream and their root causes. The recommendations assist with the reduction and elimination of the major time delays, inventory buildups, re-work, …
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Value Stream Mapping and Improved Cell Layout in an Oilfield Services company
… in efficiency through improved cell layout and value stream mapping. Analysis of cell layout led to significant reductions in material handling and operator movement along with reduction in cell area thereby improving overall productivity. Value stream mapping of protector assembly, one of the …
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Operational improvement and mixed model value stream development for gauge production line
… daily throughput is 10 gauges. The current state value stream map was constructed to understand current production and find out the waste. To eliminate operational waste, operator work load was balanced and corresponding standard work procedure for operators and production monitoring technique …
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Using value stream mapping to improve documentation processes in the biopharmacutical industry
… biotech manufacturing facility by utilization of value-stream mapping. The project focuses on careful analysis of the current state of a batch production record review process, including an in-depth value stream map, to identify sources of rework and waste in the current process. Analysis of the …
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The application of value stream management principles in a batch production environment
The need for continuous improvement within a value stream is very necessary in today's business environment and can be one of the key sources of competitive advantage. As a company learns and implements the tools and practices of a Lean system, the underlying management and leadership methods …
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Utilizing Knowledge Transfer to Promote Management of Countervailing Risks in Value Stream Analysis
… faced with the challenges of modifying and streamlining their processes by utilizing the latest process improvement techniques such as Lean Thinking. They use these techniques to allow them to better perform their organizational purposes through the elimination of waste and non-value added …
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Value stream analysis of IPT's and the test/certification phase of product development
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2000.
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Process improvement and inventory management using value stream mapping in a biopharmaceutical environment
… excellence strategies through the use of value stream mapping. It is shown that many interconnected issues form a backdrop for seemingly independent "symptomatic issues" or issues that can be seen readily on the surface because of their significant financial or organizational impacts. …
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A roadmap for improving the manifacture of automotive heat exchangers through value stream mapping
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of Master of Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2019.
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