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I am trying to do a value stream mapping of our products. I am new to this and following the learning to see book.
My question is, we have different machines (Lathe, milling, etc) make different products. I have done a product matrix to group products that use similar machines and already did the current state and future state for one group. I am doing the same for another product group but this group uses some of the same machines as the first product group. At the downstream I am planning to have a cell layout for machines that can do one piece flow. Now the problem is, different product group uses different machines in this cell layout. I can see this creates problem as nothing tells the operator the routing of different products. How do people normally solve this issue?
My question is, we have different machines (Lathe, milling, etc) make different products. I have done a product matrix to group products that use similar machines and already did the current state and future state for one group. I am doing the same for another product group but this group uses some of the same machines as the first product group. At the downstream I am planning to have a cell layout for machines that can do one piece flow. Now the problem is, different product group uses different machines in this cell layout. I can see this creates problem as nothing tells the operator the routing of different products. How do people normally solve this issue?