Timeline
The charts also shows the time-line, that is how long the product
takes in the value chain and the proportion of that time that is value
adding. The chart also shows key performance metrics at each stage
of the chain (note the above chart involves the farm, various
processing stages, transport to an RDC and then into retail store).
Lean approaches also obtain data on key performance measures.
Typically the following metrics of quality, cost and delivery were
used
product flow). This is because from the end consumerís standpoint
none of the information processing steps creates any value.