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

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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)