SIX SIGMA FUNDAMENTALS - Software Design for Six-Sigma: A Roadmap for Excellence - page 155

Plant Value Stream Map

Material
Supplier

Value Add Time: 48.61 hrs

Non-Value Add Time: 542.86 hrs

All calculations are based on 1
container. Job typically runs
10 containers under 1 cum

Throughput Time: 591.47 hrs

Plant

25 days

1x Daily

I Outside Process Molykote

I

I I

I
Operation 1
output

I

Operation 7

I

Daily

Operation 2
output

Operation 5
Output

Operation 3
Output

Operation 4
output

Daily

2-3 days
of material

Daily

Final
Inspection I I I I

Operation 6

Operation
2 Staging

Operation 5
Staging

I I I I

Operation 3
Staging

Operation 4
Staging

Packaging

Operation 7
Staging

Outbound
Staging

Final Insp.
Staging

Outbound
Staging

I

Finished
Goods

Based on
batch size of
35,000 pcs,
which is 1
container.
Customer
typically
orders
325,000/mo
which is 10
containers.

1 hr .30 hr 48 hrs 48 hrs 24 hrs 24 hrs 24 hrs 24 hrs

7.48 hrs
+1.80 hrs
9.28 hrs

5.95 hrs
0.31 hrs

1.66 hrs
.55 hrs

7 hrs
.5 hrs

8.76 hrs
.5 hrs

7 hrs
113 hrs

4 hrs
116 hrs

7 hrs
113 hrs

4 hrs

6.26 hrs 2.22 hrs 7.5 hrs 9.01 hrs 120 hrs 120 hrs 120 hrs 4 hrs