Value Stream Evaluation and Simulation to Improve Material Flow and Productivity

Value Stream Evaluation and Simulation to Improve Material Flow and Productivity B. Vijaya Ramnath Sri Sairam Engineering College Vishal Chandrasekhar Sri Sairam Engineering College C. Elanchezhian Sri Sai Ram Engineering College L. Bruce Selva Vinoth Sri Sairam Engineering College K. Venkatraman Vels University

The main objective of this paper is to improve the productivity of a carburetor production processes using lean manufacturing technique. The current system of the carburetor production process has been mapped using electronic Value Stream Mapping (eVSM) tool which is a lean manufacturing tool and the wastages in the current system are identified. Then future state was drawn by using eVSM tool which has an enhanced process ratio by decreasing maximum possible waste in the production process. The current and future state of the carburetor production has been created as model and simulated using Arena software. The simulation shows a significant decrease in Non-Value added time and production lead time, thereby indicating increase in productivity and better work flow in production processes.
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