Confused about how to implement "lean" manufacturing in your company?

• Are you unsure where in your production process you should start making lean changes?
• Are you wondering what "lean" improvements will provide the most benefits?
• Are you looking for a good way to organize your "lean" improvement activities?
• Would a simple, visual representation of your process help communicate the need for improvement?

If YES, you may benefit from Value Stream Mapping...

What is Value Stream Mapping?
Value Stream Mapping is a pencil and paper tool that helps you to see and understand the flow of material and information as a product makes its way through your production process. Value stream mapping is a way to evaluate the current production process, identify the value-added steps, and envision the improved (future) production process.

What are the benefits of Value Stream Mapping?

• Helps visualize the production process at the plant level.
• Identifies waste in each step of the production process.
• Ties together lean concepts and techniques to enable improvements that show up in your organization's bottom line.
• Provides a plan for implementing improvements to the production process to reduce costs.

How can MMEC help me improve my production process with Value Stream Mapping?
MMEC works with you and your team to understand your business, your products, and your process. Together, we will "map" the product information and material value flows in your plant. The resulting value stream map will be used to identify and link improvements that increase overall performance. Once the improvements are identified, MMEC can help you develop an implementation plan to guide the improvements to completion. We won't just tell you how to do it, we'll work with you to get it done.