Value-Stream Mapping in Process Industry: A Case Study in AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry Europe - Softcover

Maleki, Meysam; Pirzadeh Irannejad, Panti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659267805 ISBN 13: 9783659267802

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Concentrating on creating value for customers is a primary concept of lean thinking. Value-stream mapping is one of the lean production tools which leads to understanding of the current situation and finding improvement potentials by reducing or removing wastes. Applicability of value-stream mapping in process industry has been less-assessed in scholar activities. This research is aiming to provide an appropriate answer to whether this tool is effective for chemical process context or not? According to this research which is a case study in AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry Europe plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, value-stream mapping can effectively illustrate the current state of the company including the connections and communications between processes. But considering the unique configuration of this industry and the embedded gaps in the methodology, it does not have the appropriate potential for providing strong improvement suggestions in this context. This research pin points the unique configuration of chemical processes and provides recommendations to enhance the applicability of value-stream mapping for this industry.

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About the Author

Meysam Maleki is research member of UNIDEMI (R&D Unit in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659267805
• ISBN 13: 9783659267802
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84