VSM Mining - create value stream maps from IIoT data instead of manual collection

To reduce or eliminate waste in production, one question is crucial: Where exactly does it occur? This can only be answered when the right data is available.

Machines in a production facility do more than manufacture products: they also provide data. This data can answer that question and reveal opportunities for savings. In most cases, however, information from machines goes unused because, without processing, it appears disconnected and difficult to understand.

Visualization through digital value stream mapping shows clearly and understandably where waste occurs in production — where resources are consumed by activities that do not add value. This is made possible by IIoT, the Industrial Internet of Things, which allows data to be read directly from machines.

Polaris VSM can import and process this machine data. Its methodical visualization helps teams understand and evaluate their own machine data. This provides a basis for concrete steps to reduce waste.

The combination of IIoT and traditional value stream mapping can be summed up in three words: current, transparent and understandable.