23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-6.9.3

VALUE STREAM ANALYSIS AND MAPPING FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

H. Mcmanus, R. L. Millard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Keywords: value stream mapping, lean, rapid design, engineering, product development

Data was gathered from industry process improvement efforts on value stream analysis and mapping tools used and lean context, which proved to be strongly correlated with successful efforts. A general method for improving product development processes is proposed, using modified process mapping tools and lean improvement heuristics.

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