A lean manufacturing procedure using Value Stream Mapping and the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Author

Dotoli, Mariagrazia ; Fanti, Maria Pia ; Rotunno, Giuliana ; Ukovich, Walter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1193

Lastpage

1198

Abstract

We present a novel lean manufacturing procedure relying on the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) tool and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. The procedure is iterative and hierarchical. Starting from a detailed description of the manufacturing process by the Unified Modeling Language (UML), the VSM graphical approach allows the identification of non-value adding activities, and the AHP technique leads to a ranking of such system anomalies. The further application of the VSM tool produces an overall picture of the desired manufacturing system, and the UML framework allows to describe in detail the updated system activities. An application of the procedure to a real case study shows its effectiveness.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; decision making; lean production; manufacturing processes; production engineering computing; UML; Unified Modeling Language; VSM graphical approach; analytic hierarchy process; lean manufacturing procedure; manufacturing process; value stream mapping; Assembly; Manufacturing systems; Painting; Procurement; Unified modeling language; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Lean Manufacturing; Unified Modelling Language; Value Stream Mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0652-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083860

Filename

6083860