{"title":"Value stream mapping: A dairy industry prospective","authors":"A. Melvin, D. Baglee","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to present a study on how Value Stream Mapping (VSM) can be applied to the food and drink industry, in particular a company who manufacture yoghurt based products. The aim is to identify areas of waste and how these can be reduced and/or eliminated from the value stream.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a study on how Value Stream Mapping (VSM) can be applied to the food and drink industry, in particular a company who manufacture yoghurt based products. The aim is to identify areas of waste and how these can be reduced and/or eliminated from the value stream.