A Framework for Lean Flow in Turbulent High-Variety Low-Volume Manufacturing Environments

Erik Gran (1) , Erlend Alfnes (2) , Maria Kollberg Thomassen (1)

1 SINTEF Digital - Stiftelsen for INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning Digital [Trondheim]
2 Department of Production and Quality Engineering

Value stream mapping (VSM) is a widely applied method for manufacturing systems design in repetitive and stable industries. A literature review of challenges and modified solutions for lean flow in high-variety low-volume (HV/LV) value streams is carried out. The solutions are categorized according to manufacturing turbulence level. The review shows that existing VSM solutions take their starting point in the original VSM principles and incorporate other relevant works only to a limited extent. Based upon the review, a coherent framework with revised VSM principles that that can be used to develop lean flow in HV/LV environments with medium and high turbulence levels is proposed.

Mots clés: Lean manufacturing; Value stream mapping; Manufacturing turbulence

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Erik Gran, Erlend Alfnes, Maria Kollberg Thomassen. A Framework for Lean Flow in Turbulent High-Variety Low-Volume Manufacturing Environments. IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS), Sep 2016, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. pp.935-942, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-51133-7_110⟩. ⟨hal-01615811⟩