Hi,
I am planning on doing a VSM at our printing company for a specific customer ( we have loads) and am looking at ideas /thoughts on how to go about it.
1) The customer has hundreds of SKU's, is there a better approach to focus on 2 - 3 SKU's ( I used the judgement of most commonly used ( volume) & repeatability & those which use most of the machines ).
2) What is the Unit to consider, should it be each label / each order( could have hundreds of labels) / any other way - I am looking at the process right from inventory coming in ( Paper boards) to the cartons / leaflets leaving the factory.
3) What is the typical OEE of machines at each of the different kinds of machines used in the printing world ( we make cartons and leaflets).
4) What would be key things for me to look out for since this is out first VSM in 4 years ( no clue what VSM was done earlier but am told it was done )
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rgds,
Tom
I am planning on doing a VSM at our printing company for a specific customer ( we have loads) and am looking at ideas /thoughts on how to go about it.
1) The customer has hundreds of SKU's, is there a better approach to focus on 2 - 3 SKU's ( I used the judgement of most commonly used ( volume) & repeatability & those which use most of the machines ).
2) What is the Unit to consider, should it be each label / each order( could have hundreds of labels) / any other way - I am looking at the process right from inventory coming in ( Paper boards) to the cartons / leaflets leaving the factory.
3) What is the typical OEE of machines at each of the different kinds of machines used in the printing world ( we make cartons and leaflets).
4) What would be key things for me to look out for since this is out first VSM in 4 years ( no clue what VSM was done earlier but am told it was done )
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Rgds,
Tom