Use the following process and suppose the values of Cycle time , VA Time, Changeover time..........etc. and redraw the CURRENT VSM and FUTURE VSM for producing Milk and SHOW the Activities Improvements and Develop plans.

The processes which take place throughout the factory have been summarized as follows:

• On arrival to the site, raw milk is firstly tested for temperature, taste, added water, acidity, and antibiotics before the milk is pumped into large storage silos.
• Raw milk is standardized, pasteurized, and homogenized.
• The processed milk is then transferred to an incubation tank where the temperature is reduced to41°c.
• Culture is added accordingly.
• The mixture is transferred to smaller holding tanks and fruit and flavorings are added as required.
• The holding tanks are connected to the filling machines and the mixture is pumped into pots, sealed and date stamped.
• Pots are then placed onto pallets and chilled before despatch

 

Weekly order Production Weekly forecast Supplier(s) control Customer(s) Daily order MRP Daily production plan Daily despatch schedule Daily Daily Process 1 Process 2 Process 3 Despatch Intermediate products Finished products Raw materials kg kg Cycle time Cycle time Cycle time Indicator p, Unit Indicator p, Unit V time VA time VA time Changeover Changeover Changeover min min min time time time Indicator p, Unit Indicator p, Unit Indicator p Unit Indicator Pa Indicator p, Indicator p2 Unit Indicator p, Unit Unit Unit