03 — Value stream · VS-90
Plan-to-Produce
From a demand signal to finished goods recorded in inventory — the manufacturing stream that turns a forecast into a schedule, a schedule into shop-floor work, and shop-floor work into product that passed inspection.
- Forecast-to-Produce
- Plan-to-Build
- Make-to-Stock
- 01
Plan Demand & Supply
VS-90.10Agree one number for what will be sold and what will be made, and balance it against capacity and material supply.
- 02
Schedule Production
VS-90.20Translate the plan into a master schedule, explode it into material and capacity requirements, and sequence the work on each line.
- 03
Procure & Stage Materials
VS-90.30Order what the schedule needs, receive it and move it to the point of use before the line is waiting for it.
- 04
Execute Production
VS-90.40Run the work orders on the shop floor, keep the equipment running and react to the schedule changes that always come.
- 05
Control Quality
VS-90.50Inspect and test in line and at the end, hold what fails, and fix the process rather than only the part.
- 06
Record & Book to Stock
VS-90.60Record what was produced, consumed and scrapped, capture traceability and put the finished goods into inventory at cost.
- 07
Review Performance
VS-90.70Compare the run with the plan on output, yield, cost and downtime, and feed the gaps into the improvement system.