To define a detailed blueprint for your lean transformation, ILS will map and analyze your organization’s critical value streams. We will design a future state using methods that go beyond typical approaches like those in well-known references such as Learning to See. We take a systematic and comprehensive approach to restructuring your operations with the goals of on:
- Enhancing value delivery
- Eliminating waste
- Designing cells and lines
- Establishing effective work and information flows
- Designing innovative production control and visual scheduling procedures
- Defining implementation plans
- Establishing new facility layouts, and
- Installing appropriate operational support systems
ILS brings years of experience in value stream design for any Industry. Our successful approach has been applied in a variety of cases; from conventional discrete manufacturing to high-mix low-volume job shops; from transactional and service processes in offices to comprehensive enterprise-level value streams.
When necessary, we employ special tools to define product families and partition value streams for complex operations with shared resources. We also help organizations define their customer-focused value proposition to create a sustainable competitive advantage beyond conventional operational excellence approaches.
