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Name of the article
: "Using value stream mapping to eliminate waste: A case study of
a steel pipe manufacturer".
Link of the
article
:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352386950_Using_Value_Stream_Ma
pping_to_Eliminate_Waste_A_Case_Study_of_a_Steel_Pipe_Manufacturer
Brief description
: Value stream mapping is an easy tool for the visualization of the
process involved in the production department of the organization. Depending upon the
visualization of the processes the decision of eliminating any additional step can be taken by the
organization. The tool is versatile to be used in variety of business sector (Salwin et. al., 2021).
The development of VSM involves the theoretical and practical aspect related to the production
unit of the organization. The paper presents the VSM of steel pipe production. The initial process
is mapped followed by identification of waste based in which future process mapping is done
(
Huang et. al., 2019
).
Process map is more comprehensive and this tool is used by companies to generate
suitable business model. The process map example includes the payment receipt process which
in the raw mapping shows start, received payment, registering in the system, informing the payer
and end. Further process mapping aims at improving the mapping of payment receipt process
(
Marriott, 2018
).
VSM presents the broader view of the process involved in the business whereas process
mapping gives an in-depth information or visualization of the business process. VSM is suitable
to picture and evaluate major functions and the process maps can be effectively used to picture
and evaluate specific task involved in a function of the business. In respect to difficulty faced in
implementation, VSM is found to be more difficult than process maps. If VSM is not
implemented properly then it can result in negative interpretation which can have long term
adverse impact on the business of the organization (
Stadnicka & Litwin, 2019
). VSM is suitable
for improving the production environment and on the other hand process mapping is used for
improvement in decision making.
References
Huang, Z., Kim, J., Sadri, A., Dowey, S., & Dargusch, M. S. (2019). Industry 4.0:
Development of a multi-agent system for dynamic value stream mapping in
SMEs.
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
,
52
, 1-12.
Marriott, R. D. (2018). Process mapping–the Foundation for effective quality
improvement.
Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care
,
48
(7),
177-181.
Salwin, M., Jacyna-Gołda, I., Bańka, M., Varanchuk, D., & Gavina, A. (2021). Using value
stream mapping to eliminate waste: a case study of a steel pipe
manufacturer.
Energies
,
14
(12),
3527.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352386950_Using_Value_Stream
_Mapping_to_Eliminate_Waste_A_Case_Study_of_a_Steel_Pipe_Manufacturer
Stadnicka, D., & Litwin, P. (2019). Value stream mapping and system dynamics
integration for manufacturing line modelling and analysis.
International Journal of
Production Economics
,
208
, 400-411.
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