• Bhanu PS Tomar
• Avinash Nath Tiwari

In today’s global competitive world, the era of mass production and pull system is over and companies are experiencing a heavy pressure because of globalization. Main objective of any organisation become satisfying customer requirements. Value is now defined by customer point of view as customer willing to pay and what worthiness that product has for them. They will not pay for any waste and companies have to be focused on this. Thus, companies need to implement Value Stream Mapping (VSM) because it has been established as one of the best and most convenient tools of lean manufacturing implementation and to identify and eliminate all kind of wastes. After creation of current value stream map(CVSM) showing all the processes contributing to product manufacturing, Future value stream map (FVSM) helps to identify and reduce NVAs in a process and make a production flow efficient, effective, economic and flexible. This paper discusses comprehensive literature on implementation of lean manufacturing by using value stream mapping as an effective tool. The methodology to implement value stream mapping and its benefits to various production industries as well as in service sectors has also been discussed. The case studies considered in this paper are from various international researches. The paper concludes with highlighting VSM’s contribution to delight customers.

Lean Manufacturing (LM), VSM (Value stream map), CVSM (Current state value stream map), FVSM (Future state value stream map), VA (Value added activity), NVA (Non-value added activity), Kaizen, WIP, Lead Time

"Value Stream Mapping as a Tool for Lean Manufacturing Implementation- A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 3, page no.32-39, March-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1603007.pdf

"Value Stream Mapping as a Tool for Lean Manufacturing Implementation- A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 3, page no. pp32-39, March-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1603007.pdf