Adopting Value Stream Mapping as a Lean Tool to Improve Production Performance

The main challenge facing industrial companies is how to stay competitive in a fast changing world. They should adopt an effective supply chain that enables them deliver products short period of time. This forced organization change their pattern processing and become lean. Lean manufacturing system the best philosophy achieve objectives organizations reduce waste activities. unnecessary movement, defective, waiting, inadequate processing, inventory, excessive transport, overproduction, underutilization people facilities are most types found industries. Many industries have experienced benefits applying lean concept area improve production processes, resources utilization, lead time, eliminate wastes activities which goal industry. In this research, concepts presented leather shoes industry city Baghdad, it aimed decrease time production, minimize non-value line. By using essential tool, value stream mapping, where current future map capture flow material information line before after implementation proposed improvement. hybrid push/pull strategies Kanban were implemented After adopting suggested improvement, reduced from 130.6 14.8 hours added 118 10.8 minutes.