Tecnomatix Plant SimulationValue Stream Mapping Library
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Benefits• Increaseproductivityof
existingproductionfacilitiesbyasmuchas20percent
• Reduceinvestmentinplanningfornewproductionbyasmuchas20percent
• Reduceinventoriesandcycletimebyasmuchas60percent
• Optimizethesystemdimensions,includingbuffersizes
• Reduceinvestmentriskthroughearlyfeasibilityanalysis
• Increaseresourceutilization• Improvelineplanningand
allocation
Typicalquestionsforthesimulation:• Howcanweminimize
investmentcosts?• Istherequiredoutput
achieved?• Whathappenswhen
quantitieschange?• Howcanstockbereduced?
ImplementationTheValueStreamMappingLibraryisanoptionalextensionforTecnomatixPlantSimulation.
SummaryTheTecnomatixPlantSimulationValueStreamMappingLibrarysupportstheuser,takingintoaccountthedynamicrela-tionshipsofcomplexmanufac-turingsequences,inordertoincreasetheshareofvalue-addedproduction,variability,quality,speedandeffi-ciencyforincreasedproduction,whilereducinginventoryandcapitalcommitment,andsecuringon-timedelivery.
Tecnomatix Plant SimulationPlantSimulationhelpsyoucreatemodelsoflogisticsystems(e.g.,pro-duction)toexplorethosesystems’char-acteristicsandtooptimizetheirper-formance.Thedigitalmodelenablesuserstorunexperimentsand
Tecnomatix Plant SimulationValue Stream MappingVisualization,analysisandimprovementofdynamicvaluechains
what-ifscenarioswithoutdisturbinganexistingproductionsystemor–whenusedintheplanningprocess–longbeforetherealsystemisinstalled.PlantSimulationcontainspowerfulobject-orientedarchi-tectureandmodelingcapabilitiesthatenableyoutocreateandmaintainevenhighlycomplexsystems,includingadvancedcontrolmechanisms.PlantSimulation’suserinterfacefollowsMicrosoftWindowsstandards,makingiteasyforyoutoquicklybecomeproductive.Simulationmodelscanbecreatedquicklybyusingcomponentsfromapplicationobjectlibrariesdedicatedtospecificbusi-nessprocesses.Youcanextendthelibrarywithyourownobjectsthroughapowerfulprogrammingenvironmentforthefurther-ingofsimulationcapabilities.Toolsforautomaticoptimization,analysisofsimula-tionresultsand3Dvisualizationofsimulationmodelsarealsoavailable.Extensiveanalysistools,statisticsandchartsletusersevaluatedifferentmanu-facturingscenariosandmakefast,reliabledecisionsintheearlystagesofproductionplanning.
PlantSimulationhelpsusers:• Detectandeliminateproblemsthat
otherwisewouldrequirecost-andtime-consumingcorrectionmeasuresduringproductionramp-up
• Minimizetheinvestmentcostofproductionlineswithoutjeopardizingrequiredoutput
• Optimizetheperformanceofexistingproductionsystemsbytakingmeasuresthathavebeenverifiedinasimulationenvironmentpriortoimplementation
Tecnomatix Plant Simulation
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addedinmanufacturingandforidentify-ing,reducingandeliminatingnon-valueaddedprocessesandoperations.
ValueStreamMappingisamodernmethodofprocessoptimizationbasedonthemethodsofleanmanagement,asdescribedbythewell-knownToyotaProductionSystemandasappliedbytheSiemensProductionSystem.
Thegoalistoeasilyandquicklymapandbetterunderstandthevaluechainforthepurposeofoptimizingit.
Objectives and benefitsThetraditionalgoalsoftheValueStreamMappingprocessare:• Increaseawarenessofproduction
variability• Increaseproductionquality• Increaseproductionrate• Increaseproductionefficiency
Theaimistooptimizeproductionresources,thelayoutofthecontrolsandthelotsizestoguaranteeasteadyflowofproductionwithoutbufferstockbuild-upwhilesimultaneouslymaintainingqualityoforderreceiptanddelivery.Source: Value Stream Mapping – The Road to Lean ManufacturingErlach, Klaus; Springer-Verlag, 2010
PlantSimulationallowsforthecreationofcomplexproductionsystemsandprocessesineasytounderstandcomputermodels.UsingPlantSimulation,materialflow,resourceutilizationandsupplychainsatalllevelsofcorporateplanningmaybeoptimized.
What is Value Stream Mapping?Valuestreammappingisanestablishedmethodforstudyingtheeconomicvalue
• EasilyusethesoftwarethroughMicrosoftWindowsconformity
• Quicklyandefficientlymodeltypicalscenariosthroughtheuseofblocklibraries
• Chartandgraphresults• Performanalysisof
throughput,resourceutilizationandbottlenecks
Why perform value stream mapping in Plant Simulation?• Reductionofcostfordatacollectionby
reducingthenumberofobjectsdescribingtheprocessesthroughpre-definedlogicblocks
• Reductioninanalysiseffortthroughautomatedmodules
Throughcomputersimulation,userscanexaminethedynamiceffectsofthevaluestream,whichremainhiddeninthestatic,paper-basedmappingofthevaluechain.
ApproachTraditionally,thedepictionofproductionisdonebywayofmanual,graphicalsketch-ingofthevaluestreamusingsymbolsonasheetofpapershowingtheconditions,suchasmaterialflow,informationflow,inventories,value-addedandnon-valueaddedactivities.Basedoncustomerdemand,inventoryandcycletimes,analy-sisofthecurrentstateofproductionisperformedasateam.Revisionandimprovementofthevaluestreamisthenderivedfromthiscurrentvaluestreammappingoftheproductionprocess.
Valuestreammappingisastandardizedmethodbasedongenerallyacceptedsymbols.
TecnomatixPlantSimulationispartoftheManufacturingEngineeringSoftwaresolutionofferingfromSiemensPLMSoftware.
Coordinatedsoftwarecompo-nentsenableyoutoplanthecompleteproductionofaplantbywayofacomputermodeltovisualizeandsimulatethepro-cessesinproductionlines,warehousesandworkshops,soastoquickly,easilyandsafelyachievetherequiredfindingsandresults.
Theextensiveportfolioallowsforanoptimizedmanufactur-ingprocessdesignlifecycle,includingplanning,factorylay-outdesign,andmanufacturingprocessesandfactorysimula-tion,enablingtheseamlessconnectionwithhigher-levelplanningsystems.
Thetraditional,staticvaluestreamanalysisisextendedtoincludethecriticaltimeele-mentforstockavailability.
Thus,youcandepictdynamicfluctuationsofthedailyproductionduetolotsizes,setupprocedures,productvariations,orotherdisturbances.
ThedynamicmaterialflowsimulationinTecnomatixPlantSimulationpermitsthereductionofthenumberofproductsinproductionandthusthecapitalinvestmentrequiredforrobustproduction,ensuringthatnaturalfluctuationsinproductiondonotimpairtheabilitytodeliver.
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Value Stream Mapping Library in Plant SimulationPredefinedsymbolsbasedonthegeneralstandard:• Quickandeasytolearn• Predefineddialogswithconfigurable
userobjects• Controllogics• Analysisobjects
ApplicationThePlantSimulationValueStreamMappingLibraryallowsuserstoquicklyandeasilymapandimprovetheirsupplychainswithreal,dynamicbehavior.
ThePlantSimulationValueStreamMappingLibrarywasdevelopedforusebyindustrypractitionersincollaborationwithindustrypractitioners,inordertoprovidethenecessaryobjects.
Predefinedcoreobjects:• Process• Supplier• Customer• Stock• Supermarket• Internalandexternal
transport• Predefinedcontrolsfor
mappingof:-Kanbanprocesses-HeijunkaBox-Compensationbox
Predefinedobjectsforanalysisandevaluationof:• Throughputtime• Loading/unloadingorwaiting
time• Value-addedtime• Analysisoftheprocess
utilization• Availabilityofresources
(timesensitive)