Value Stream Mapping in Program Management
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| − | “All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by removing the non-value added wastes.”<ref name="Ohno">Taiichi Ohno: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production"", 1988< | + | “All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by removing the non-value added wastes.”<ref name="Ohno">Taiichi Ohno: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production"", 1988<ref/> (Taiichi Ohno, 1988) |
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a widespread tool in Lean manufacturing environments. It enables practitioners to distinguish between value adding and non-value adding activities, supports to eliminate the waste, and thereby gain efficiency. The ongoing extension of Lean principles to applications other than production also involves the VSM methodology. VSM, as well as other concepts, therefore need to be adapted to the specific new purposes and environments. | Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a widespread tool in Lean manufacturing environments. It enables practitioners to distinguish between value adding and non-value adding activities, supports to eliminate the waste, and thereby gain efficiency. The ongoing extension of Lean principles to applications other than production also involves the VSM methodology. VSM, as well as other concepts, therefore need to be adapted to the specific new purposes and environments. | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
=== Lean Thinking === | === Lean Thinking === | ||
| − | The term Lean Thinking was introduced in the best-selling book “The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production”<ref name:"Wom91">James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos: ''The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production'', 1991< | + | The term Lean Thinking was introduced in the best-selling book “The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production”<ref name:"Wom91">James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos: ''The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production'', 1991<ref/> published by the MIT International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) in 1990. The term was further established in IMVP’s second bestseller “Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation” <ref name:"Wom91">James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones: ''Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation'', 1996<ref/>. In their in-depth study of Toyota’s prominent Toyota Production System (TPS) the authors James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones identified a basically new management paradigm. |
Already in the 1970’s scientists and practitioners, with Edward Deming leading the way, started to explore Japanese management techniques. Prior Japanese companies had overtaken U.S. consumer electronics and auto markets by higher quality and cheaper products. The outcomes were single practices such as Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma, which were later adopted by Lean Thinking. (Oppenheim) | Already in the 1970’s scientists and practitioners, with Edward Deming leading the way, started to explore Japanese management techniques. Prior Japanese companies had overtaken U.S. consumer electronics and auto markets by higher quality and cheaper products. The outcomes were single practices such as Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma, which were later adopted by Lean Thinking. (Oppenheim) | ||
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*Non-Value Added Activities (NVA or Type II waste). (Womack Jones 1996) | *Non-Value Added Activities (NVA or Type II waste). (Womack Jones 1996) | ||
| − | Furthermore, Ohno divided waste into seven different forms, which also help to identify waste at all.<ref name="Ohno"> The process of creating value without waste is further defined through six widely accepted Lean Principles (see also Section 3). | + | Furthermore, Ohno divided waste into seven different forms, which also help to identify waste at all.<ref name="Ohno"><ref/> The process of creating value without waste is further defined through six widely accepted Lean Principles (see also Section 3). |
Over the years Lean Thinking became the dominant paradigm through many major industries. Based on Toyota’s lean TPS, as a role model for efficiency in manufacturing systems (Santos2006), many large companies established and developed their own “holistic” systems (e.g. Bosch Production System, Mercedes Benz Production System). The triumph in repeatable manufacturing temporary led to the misconception, that the concept is not applicable in one-off work environments. Despite this, Lean Thinking was successfully transferred to various fields of application including product development and engineering. (Oppenheim) | Over the years Lean Thinking became the dominant paradigm through many major industries. Based on Toyota’s lean TPS, as a role model for efficiency in manufacturing systems (Santos2006), many large companies established and developed their own “holistic” systems (e.g. Bosch Production System, Mercedes Benz Production System). The triumph in repeatable manufacturing temporary led to the misconception, that the concept is not applicable in one-off work environments. Despite this, Lean Thinking was successfully transferred to various fields of application including product development and engineering. (Oppenheim) | ||
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