Competition to the manufacturing industry from low-cost centers adds unique challenges, but also creates opportunities for improvment. Orlando Software Group works hand-in-hand with the manufacturing organization utilizing Value Stream Mapping to visualize the manufacturing process and identify areas with the greatest impact on efficiency and ROI.

We look at many areas of the manufacturing process to improve overall efficiency and help organizations meet customer demand. Examples of Opportunities for Improvment:

• Overproduction - Producing more than the customer needs right now
• Transportation - Movement of product that does not add value such as moving parts in and out of storage, moving material from one workstation to another
• Waiting - Idle time created when material, information, people, or equipment is not ready such as Waiting for parts, waiting for information, waiting for machine repair
• Processing - Efforts that add no value to the product or for the customer
• Inventory - More materials, parts, or products on hand than the customer needs right now