Product Design Value Stream Map Procedure

Product Design Value Stream Map Procedure

A product design value stream map process is a highly efficient way to apply the power of value stream mapping to the product development process or product redesign. This is one to two-day “process kaizen” event that allows a team to focus on a specific aspect of the product development process or redesign of a current product for dramatic cost improvement.
The Product Design VSM enables dramatic manufacturing cost reduction. The emphasis is on team activities that can create breakthroughs in material, labor, and overhead cost, while maintaining the highest quality and value for customers. This is an integrated approach to the application of waste-eliminating tools within a single team, or an entire organization.
Participants will review the current structural design elements of the product by creating a current state value stream map, analyze it for potential improvement using the teams cross functional knowledge of the product, and finally generate a future state map to guide your team's improvement efforts. This hands-on process takes the team from the a conference room to the shop floor where the team will review all aspect of the current design with the objective of using VSM techniques to systematically drive out waste from either current equipment or new concept development to successful product launch.
Primary Objective –
1. Identify non-value-added design elements or the opportunity for material changes that reduce cost through material or process changes.
2. Use a step-by-step method for prioritizing improvement opportunities, based on a "current state" value stream map.
3. Create a "future state" map that encompasses all the identified improvements.
4. Deploy the improvement task and assign a champion for each task that will enable an on-going process improvement initiative.
Who Should be Part of the Cross Functional Team -

Product-line managers, team leaders, operations managers, sales, purchasing, process owners, design engineers, key supplying partners and all others with product development responsibilities.
This process will take into account customer priorities and requirements as well as market driven design elements. The team can review the structure and design through the VSM process. The process will expose the non value added waste without affecting safety, quality, and reliability along with any trademark appearances.