Value stream design is increasingly asserting itself as the key
approach for production optimization, but there has never been a
detailed and systematic presentation of the value stream method before -
a gap that has now been filled by this book.
The author provides an easily comprehensible code of practice for the
effective analysis of production processes, product family-oriented
factory structuring and the target-oriented development of an ideal
future state of production. The book plausibly conveys ten design
guidelines for production optimization with corresponding equations,
descriptive illustrations and industrial examples well-proven in
numerous industrial projects. It addresses the professional public,
practitioners wishing to avoid waste and systematically improve their
factories' value streams, and students - tomorrow's practitioners.
In contrast to other publications, this book complements the value
stream analysis and its unique compact visualization of the entire
production process by a detailed illustration of the information flow
and a comprehensive discussion of the operator balance chart. The
»traditional« concept of value stream design is significantly expanded
with a view to its applicability in complex productions by way of
methodological innovation and further development concerning campaign
formation, value stream management and technological process
integration. The method is embedded in a comprehensive procedural
approach for factory planning, starting with the definition of the
desired lean production goals.
