Question: can someone draw a future state value stream map for this - rban Haven Furniture ( UHF ) Urban Haven Furniture is a furniture manufacturer

can someone draw a future state value stream map for this - rban Haven Furniture (UHF)
Urban Haven Furniture is a furniture manufacturer selling to retail stores. In the last few
years, the company has taken on a considerable volume. Resources have been assigned but
not with a production system focus. As a result, UHF has been receiving customer
complaints and hasnt been able to deliver on time.
After analysing the production and applying the principles of
Group Technology, UHF identified several product families.
This case concerns one product family glass tables, which
come in small (S) and medium size (M).
Customer complaints mostly relate to getting the wrong
components in their flat pack or the table being wobbly after
they assemble it. Some of the customer complaints include the
following. I can't believe how unstable this table is! One slight
bump and it wobbles like crazy.This table is a disaster
waiting to happen. During assembly, some of the screws stripped easily. Now, it wobbles
like crazy, and I'm worried it's going to collapse any minute.Some of the hardware was
missing, I wasnt able to assemble the table.
Furniture is a make-to-stock business. It currently takes over a month to get through the
company production processes.
Customer requirements
4500 pieces per month
o 1440 Small Tables(S)
o 3060 Medium Tables (M)
An order from retail stores includes 25 tables.
Several daily shipments per day by truck to customers.
Production Processes
Tables are made of three parts round glass, aluminium disc hardware, and timber legs.
While the glass is cut into a round shape, the discs are cut from aluminium coils. The
aluminium hardware is then glued into the glass.
At the same time, legs are made from wood lumbers. The wood is cut into standard pieces
and then shaped using a lathe. After sanding and coating, the legs are packaged together
with the glass (and its aluminium hardware attached to it). Finally, the flat pack is briefly
inspected to ensure all the components have been included.
Tempered glass is supplied by CrystalCraft Glassworks every fortnight.
Aluminium coils are supplied by AluCoil Producers every fortnight.
Wood lumbers are supplied by ForestHarvest Wood on a weekly basis.
Work Time
20 days in a month.
One-shift operation in all production departments.
Eight (8) hours every shift.
Two 30-minute breaks during each shift (manual processes stop during breaks).
Planned maintenance occurs once a month during work time and takes 5 hours.
During maintenance, the production stops.
Production control department
Receives 4 week forecast from retail shops.
Receives weekly orders from retail shops.
Issues weekly orders to suppliers.
Issues 2-week schedule to glass and aluminium hardware areas.
Issues weekly build schedules to departments dedicated to the production of timber
legs.
Process Information
By walking around the factory, you are able to observe the following. Some of the processes
are dedicated to the glass table product family, while others are dedicated to multiple
product families.
Wood cutting
o Cycle time =5 seconds
o Changeover time =15 minutes
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
1 weeks of timber wood lumbers
360 sets of cut legs for small tables
765 sets of cut legs for medium tables
Lathe
o Cycle time =95 seconds
o Changeover time =25 minutes
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
144 sets of processed legs for small tables
306 sets of processed legs for medium tables
Sanding
o Cycle time =138 seconds
o Changeover time =0
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
216 sets of sanded legs for small tables
459 sets of sanded legs for medium tables
Coating
o Cycle time =105 second
o Changeover time =0
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
284 sets of coated legs for small tables
612 sets of coated legs for medium tables
Glass cutting
o Cycle time =10 seconds
o Changeover time =20 seconds
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
1 week of uncut tempered glass
144 glass table tops for small tables
306 glass table tops for medium tables
Metal cutting
o Cycle time =5 seconds
o Changeover time =0
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
1 week of aluminium coils
144 sets of metal hardware for small tables
306 sets of metal hardware for medium tables
Assembly (glass table top and aluminium hardware)
o Total work time per piece =225 seconds
o Changeover time =0
o 2 operators
o Observed inventory:
284 assembled glass table tops for small tables
612 assembled glass table tops for medium tables
Package
o Total work time per piece =342 seconds
o Changeover time =0
o 2 operators
o Observed inventory:
360 small table flat packs
765 medium tables flat packs
Inspection
o Cycle time =75 seconds
o Changeover time =0
o 1 Operator
o Observed inventory:
72 inspected small table flat packs
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