Fakruddin Ujjainwala
Dr. M D Dandekar
RC Gupta
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to develop a plan for reducing lead-times in a small scale pipe industry plant by using value stream mapping technique. The plant produces RPVC Pipes, RPVC Suction pipes, HDPE pipes, and Moulding products. The increased workload at the plant has resulted in longer lead-times wouldcause a loss in the market share to its competitors. Lead time can be defined as the time duration betweenplacing the order by the customer and fulfills it by the manufacturer. This technique is used to reduce or eliminate wastes and minimize non-value added activities. The future state map is used to help make decisions and plan future process improvement projects. The paper represents the use of Value Stream mapping technique to reduce the production lead time of a RPVC pipes. The procedure adopted to achieve this is first to collect the time study data. The data is analyzed to obtain the standard time associated in various sections of the plant. On the basis of observed time and the standard time the value stream maps are drawn and the consequently the lead time of the product is reduced by applying different techniques.
Keywords- Value Stream Maps, Current Value Stream Maps, Future value Stream Maps, Lead time, RPVC pipe, Суcle Time.