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Value stream mapping: literature review and implications for Indian industry

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Value steam mapping (VSM) is a lean manufacturing technique and it has emerged as the preferred way to support and implement the lean approach Grewal (Int J Manuf Technol Manag 15:3–4, 2008); Singh and Sharma (J Measuring Business Excellence 13:58–68, 2009). VSM is different than conventional recording techniques, as it captures the information at individual stations about station cycle time, up time or utilization of resources, set-up time or change over time, work in process inventory, man power requirement and the information flow from raw material to finish goods. It covers both value adding as well as non-value-adding activities. This paper covers the review and classification of literature on VSM, as there is hardly any paper on literature review of VSM, so it will be very beneficiary for both academician and industry people. Applications of VSM are also presented by a case study of a small manufacturing Indian industry and reduction in lead time, processing time, work in process inventory and manpower requirement at individual stations are noticed

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, UP, India

    Bhim Singh

  2. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Delhi Technological university, Bawana Road, Delhi, India, 110042

    Suresh K. Garg

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, 136119

    Surrender K. Sharma

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Singh, B., Garg, S.K. & Sharma, S.K. Value stream mapping: literature review and implications for Indian industry. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 53, 799–809 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-010-2860-7

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