Identifying and optimizing the value stream of your products and processes is a powerful tool to improve your manufacturing operations. It is the value add in your products and services that differentiate you from your competitors.

Customers perception of value is the critical element of value stream analysis. Steps and processing that are not adding value to your product as perceived by your customer are waste.

A pervasive and consistent focus on increasing the elements than provide value add (VA) must be maintained. Eliminating activities that are non-value add (NVA) to your products provides a roadmap for waste reduction and process improvement.

The elements of a company that provide value to your customers are not departmental. It is the combination of several functions, from order handling through purchasing, production and finished product delivery that provide the value to your customer and a competitive edge for your products and services.

Technical Assist works with our clients to develop value add analysis of their products and processes. We maintain a process view in our efforts to assist our clients in leaning their operations through VA analysis. We start with the products and customers. We then move to mapping and identifying the value add steps in your processes. In mapping the value stream, the focus is maintained on the elements that satisfy the customers needs and desires.

It is critical to maintain a process view while performing value stream mapping (VSM). After developing at value stream map, a quantitative analysis of the value stream is developed. From this quantitative analysis, specific improvement opportunities can be developed and prioritized. The results of this effort is reduced waste and a solid competitive edge.

Technical Assist provides a range of services and products that can assist your company on the road to improving your value stream: