Value Stream Mapping in Manufacturing
Date: Sept. 18
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Dunstan Hall 202
Hank Czarnecki
Management Scientist
Div of External Affairs/ATAC
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Auburn University
Biography
Hank Czarnecki serves as Auburn's project manager for lean manufacturing activities.
Hank has more than ten years experience facilitating continuous process improvement
(kaizen) events and is a NIST Qualified Lean Manufacturing Trainer. B.S. in Industrial
Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Master Industrial Engineering, Auburn University.
Abstract
Value Stream Mapping in Manufacturing
Value Stream Mapping is a tool used to create a material and information flow
map of a product or processes. This powerful tool allows companies to map the
flow of products from the back door as raw material, through all manufacturing
process steps, and off the loading dock as finished product. This is the Value
Stream. You begin the journey with the current state map - it shows you where
you are. Then, you plan your Lean journey with a future state map - it shows you
where you're going and how you're going to get there. Based on your Value Stream
Map, you can streamline work processes, thereby cutting lead times and
reducing operating costs.
