Silva Nelson, Madureira, Luis
2019
Uncover hidden suppliers and their complex relationships across the entire Supply Chain is quite complex. Unexpected disruptions, e.g. earthquakes, volcanoes, bankruptcies or nuclear disasters have a huge impact on major Supply Chain strategies. It is very difficult to predict the real impact of these disruptions until it is too late. Small, unknown suppliers can hugely impact the delivery of a product. Therefore, it is crucial to constantly monitor for problems with both direct and indirect suppliers.
Silva Nelson, Caldera Christian, Krispel Ulrich, Eggeling Eva, Sunk Alexander, Reisinger Gerhard, Sihn Wilfried, Fellner Dieter W.
2016
Value stream mapping is a lean management method for analyzing and optimizing a series of events for production or services. Even today the first step in value stream analysis – the acquisition of the current state map – is still created using pen & paper by physically visiting the production line. We capture a digital representation of how manufacturing processes look like in reality. The manufacturing processes can be represented and efficiently analyzed for future production planning as a future state map by using a meta description together with a dependency graph. With VASCO we present a tool, which contributes to all parts of value stream analysis - from data acquisition, over analyzing, planning, comparison up to simulation of alternative future state maps.We call this a holistic approach for Value stream mapping including detailed analysis of lead time, productivity, space, distance, material disposal, energy and carbon dioxide equivalents – depending in a change of calculated direct product costs.