Lean production arose as a step towards a new era in production systems. It is a working
philosophy designed to produce better products using fewer resources to obtain greater …

Purpose–Value stream mapping (VSM) is a lean manufacturing (LM) tool used for analyzing
material and information flow on a specific product family. The purpose of this article is to …

The purpose of this chapter is to suggest the use of several lean tools that can be used,
indicating the improvements that can be obtained with each of the recommended tools. The …

This article illustrates and analyses the causes for the limited adoption of Lean
manufacturing concepts in proposals for the redesign and improvement of productive …

For the past few years, many manufacturing organisations have been trying to get 'lean'. A
headlong rush to become lean also resulted in a scattered implementation of lean …

The value stream mapping (VSM) is a tool created by the lean production movement for
redesigning the productive systems. Since, it was theoretically developed, some cases have …

The “lean” approach has been applied more frequently in discrete manufacturing than in the
continuous/process sector, mainly because of several perceived barriers in the latter …

In today's competitive environment, the strategic goal of most organizations, is not only to
survive, but also to move forward. It is therefore important to examine business processes …

Abstract Value Stream Mapping is a critical tool when it comes to implement the lean
approach and it has spanned to many sectors in industry. Although previous studies justify …

Value Stream Mapping technique involves flowcharting the steps, activities, material flows,
communications, and other process elements that are involved with a process or …