Supply Chain Management

Lean process mapping tool

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 Mahnoor Javaid
Lean Process Mapping Tools
Process mapping your value stream is all about detailing the specific actions that
are taken throughout your entire process or a specific portion of your processes.
There are a number of process mapping tools that you can use to map your
business.

1)Value stream mapping:

The Value stream mapping process allows you to create a detailed visualization of
all steps in your work process. It is a representation of the flow of goods from
supplier to customer through your organization.
For example, the value a software company delivers to its customers are software
solutions and all features inside.
A value stream map puts on display all the important steps of your work process
necessary to deliver value from start to finish. It allows you to visualize every task
that your team works on and provides single glance status reports about the
progress of each assignment.

2)Time based process mapping:

In short, traditional TBPM is a technique for mapping the performance of a
process with respect to time. The term was first introduced by Professor Goran
Persson (Norwegian School of Management) and the context of its application is
portrayed in relation to business processes within a holistic supply chain system.
It emphasizes on reducing the amount of time consumed by business processes.
The key to achieving time compression is to remove waste and refocus the
sequence of the activities so that time consumption is reduced for the total supply
chain system.

3)Supply chain response matrix:

A supply chain responsiveness matrix is a tool that is used to analyze inventory and
lead time within an organization. The matrix is one of a number of Value Stream
Mapping tools The matrix is represented by showing lead time along the X- Axis
and inventory along the y axis. it show the inventory and time required within each
operation.
4)Quality filter mapping:
Quality Filter Mapping is part of the Value Stream Mapping toolkit and is used to analyse
processes/functions with respect to quality.
The results of a Quality Filter Map shows how much waste is being generated within an
organisation at each stage of the process.

Three types of quality are measured as part of the model:

1. Product Quality – Defective Item provided to customer

2. Defect Quality – Defective item found prior to receipt by customer
3. Service Quality – Defects that affect the ability of the supplier to provide the service or
product to the customer.( inappropriate delivery late or early, together with incorrect
paper work or documentation)
Results of Quality Filter Mapping are commonly used to into continuous improvement plans.

5)Process activity mapping:

Process Activity Mapping is a key tool for the detailed mapping of the order fulfillment process.
It is an engineering derived approach that has traditionally only been used for the shop floor of
manufacturing companies. However it is used more widely to identify lead time and productivity
opportunities for both physical product flows and information flows, not only in the factory but
also in other areas of the supply chain. The idea is to map out every step of activity that occurs
throughout a process. After mapping the data is used for analysis and action planning. It can be
done by identifying the major problems or concerns, understanding the causes of these concerns
and developing possible countermeasures. There are four steps to the process activity mapping.
(1) The study of the flow of processes.
(2) The identification of waste.
(3) A consideration of whether the process can be rearranged in a more efficient sequence.
(4) A consideration of a better flow pattern, involving different flow layout or transport routing.

6)Production Variety Funnel:

Production Variety Funnel is a visual mapping technique that plots the number of
product variants at each stage of the production process. This technique also
generates a series of questions relating to the logical reasons for product diversity
and the need to maintain such complexity for the supply chain. The point at which
the product variety rises (expands) rapidly is of key concern and it is the buffer
(Prior to this point) that creates the flexibility in the production system. In short,
with favorable manufacturing and demand characteristics, this buffer point can be
used to create high levels of customer service without incurring the penalty costs of
stock

7)Demand amplification mapping :

This effect is linked primarily to delays and poor decision making concerning
information and material flow. The Burbidge effect is linked to the “law of
industrial dynamics” which states. if demand is transmitted along a series of
inventories using stock control ordering, then the amplification of demand
variation will increase with each transfer.

8)Value added time profile:

Most manufacturers try to eliminate all unnecessary production costs and wasted
time. This makes their production lines leaner and also makes customers happier.
Companies can provide better products at a cheaper price if they run production
operations smoothly and efficiently. One way managers measure the efficiency of
the production line is by looking at the cycle time.

Value added time is made up of processes that improve products. The only value
added time process in the cycle time example is the process time. This is the
amount of time it takes to actually produce the product. Obviously, production time
is a value added time because it creates a product from raw materials. The product
is improved at the end of the process time. Most of the time when a process is
considered a value added time process it is only considered from the customer’s
point of view. What I mean by that is customers don’t care if the company has to
spend time packaging products or spend money storing them.
Neither of these processes makes the product any better in the customer’s eyes.

9) Logistic pipeline map:

Supply chain management is the management of flow of goods. In essence,
enterprises have to coordinate supply management, operations and integrated
logistics into a seamless pipeline and extend its reach beyond its capacity and
efforts to meet the consumers' demands. The logistics pipeline mapping is used for
integrating logistics with other operations to let the supply chain reach its full
potential of delivering the goods or services to the customer in the best manner.