2. EXPERIMENTATION OF LEAN TECHNIQUES
VSM Method at the Studied Company
A VSM was developed for the current state of producing a product that sold most at the host
company. The study showed that using VSM helped to improve the ratio of non-value added
to value added activities with less throughput time and shorter customer lead-time. VSM
helped visualisation when there were more than a single process level; it provides a clear
vision of the business operations. However, there were some difficulties in using VSM in this
typical job shop environment, including: