Purpose The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey of the Process of Drug Management in elderly care from when a drug is prescribed to when it is discarded. The purpose also includes to investigate how the various activities are linked to each other and to identify errors for the patient safety. In order to fulfil the purpose, two issues have been formulated: 1. What activities are currently in the Process of Drug Management in elderly care? 2. What deviations can occur in the Process of Drug Management and can be errors for the patient safety? Method In order to fulfil the purpose, a case study was made on the Social Service of the elderly care. Empirical data has been collected through interviews, observations and questionnaires. Further on the empirical data has been analysed and compared with the theoretical framework in order to achieve the purpose of the study. Findings The five main activities which have been identified in the Process of Drug Management are Prescription, Requisition and Check, Storage, Readying and Administration and finally Follow-up. In order to identify errors for the patient safety in the different activities, a value stream map has been designed where the risk has been placed and later on discussed. Errors for the patient safety exist among other factors such as due to lack in communication and information, human factors such as stress, lack of sleep, cultural shocks and lack of motivation for work. The study also shows that there is lack of responsibility among the various operators in the process. Implications The process of drug management in elderly care is a problem area because of its complexity where deviations often occur which results in errors for the patient safety. The guidelines within elderly care are about the same throughout Sweden, which leads to the fact that development in order to prevent errors of the patient safety can take place within other organizations. Deviations are unfortunately making an impact in the first activity, “Prescription”, which contributes to additional deviations in the following activities. In order to improve the patient safety, developing the quality within the organization and within the Process of Drug Management should be a priority. Limitations The aim of the study was to gain a deeper insight into the process of Drug Management and identify errors for the patient safety. Wishful thinking is to investigate several more units in order to get a clearer picture of the problem area from different angles. / Syfte Syftet med denna studie är att göra en kartläggning av läkemedelshanteringsprocessen inom äldreomsorgen från det att ett läkemedel skrivs ut till att det sedan kasseras. Syftet omfattar även att undersöka hur olika aktiviteter är kopplade till varandra och att identifiera patientsäkerhetsriskerna. För att uppfylla detta syfte har två frågeställningar formulerats: 1. Vilka aktiviteter ingår idag i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen inom äldreomsorgen? 2. Vilka avvikelser kan förekomma i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen och som kan vara patientsäkerhetsrisker? Metod För att uppnå ett resultat gjordes en fallstudie på socialförvaltningens äldreomsorg. Empirisk data har samlats in med hjälp av intervjuer, observationer och enkäter. Empirin har sedan analyserats och jämförts med det teoretiska ramverket för att uppnå studiens syfte. Resultat De fem olika huvudaktiviteter som har identifierats i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen är ordination, rekvisition och kontroll, förvaring, iordningsställande och administrering och till sist uppföljning. För att kunna identifiera patientsäkerhetsriskerna i de olika aktiviteterna har en kartläggning av flödet utförts. De identifierade riskerna placerades sedan ut i processflödet och diskuterades. Patientsäkerhetsriskerna förekommer bland annat på grund av kommunikations- och informationsbrister, mänskliga faktorer så som stress, sömnbrist, kulturkrockar samt motivationsbrist i arbetet. Studien visar även att det förekommer brister i ansvarsfördelningen hos de olika aktörerna i flödet. Implikationer Det uppstår många problem i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen inom äldreomsorgen på grund av dess komplexitet. När avvikelser förekommer i processen uppstår patientsäkerhetsrisk. Socialstyrelsen och landstingen reglerar äldreomsorgen med liknade riktlinjer i hela landet vilket kan leda till att ett förbättringsarbete i en organisation kan appliceras inom andra organisationer för att undvika patientsäkerhetsrisker. Att implementera en kvalitetsutveckling i form av ett förbättringsarbete i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen kan bidra till en ökad patientsäkerhet. Begränsningar Målet med studien var att få en djupare inblick i läkemedelshanteringsprocessen samt att identifiera patientsäkerhetsrisker. Önskvärt hade varit att undersöka flera enheter inom samma organisation för att få en tydligare bild av problemområdet från olika delar i organisationen och därmed flera olika perspektiv på vilka problem som kan uppstå i processen.

Produktiviteten inom byggbranschen har länge ansetts som låg och byggbolag i sektorn arbetar för att bli effektivare. Denna rapport syftar till att utreda hur informationsflödet vid grundläggning av betongpålar kan effektiviseras. Studien utgår ifrån Skanska Sverige ABs region Skanska Grundläggning som bland annat bedriver betongpålningsverksamheten inom företaget. För att skapa en förståelse för informationsflödet inom verksamheten behövde författarna kartlägga de befintliga arbetssätten som används idag. Målsättningen var sedan att utifrån det nuvarande tillståndet formulera ett framtida tillstånd med en ökad effektivitet i informationsflödet. Inom byggsektorn implementeras BIM på bred front och detta arbetssätt utreds i rapporten som en möjlighet till ett förbättrat informationsflöde.  För att kartlägga betongpålningsproduktionen inom företaget har metoden värdeflödesanalys använts. Metoden är ett sätt att kartlägga en specifik process, där produkten som kunden vill ha följs. Analysen har sitt ursprung från Toyotas arbetssätt som idag benämns som lean.  Kartläggningen av betongpålning i rapporten hade sin start vid transport från fabrik och slut vid när pålen lämnats över till kunden. I kartläggningen följer författarna materialflödet samt informationsflödet knutet till materialet under förädlingsprocessen. Insamlingen av data till kartläggningen gjordes genom en intervjustudie och en observationsstudie. För att förstå möjligheten till implementeringar utfördes även en enkätstudie och intervjustudie, angående utnyttjandet av BIM inom Skanska Grundläggning. Användningen av BIM inom organisationen skiljde sig mellan de olika yrkesgrupperna, tjänstemän och yrkesarbetare. Enkätstudien utfördes på fem projekt i Stockholmsområdet. Bland tjänstemännen arbetade 8 av 19 med BIM varje vecka eller oftare medan 16 av 17 yrkesarbetare aldrig arbetat med BIM. Resultaten till värdeflödesanalysen var hämtade från två projekt, FSE 105 Betongtunnel Kungens kurva och Trafikplats Vega. Utifrån resultaten formulerades två förbättringsområden, där utsättning genom maskinstyrning var det ena och digitalisering av dokumentation var det andra. Implementeringen av GPS-styrning på pålkranar behöver inte lång tid för att löna sig ekonomiskt. Utifrån resultaten kan ca 170,000 SEK sparas per år och maskin om maskinstyrning implementeras, samt att det finns ytterligare positiva effekter som framkommit men inte uppmäts i denna studie. Det finns dock hinder i användarvänligheten och tekniken kräver idag manuell handpåläggning i vissa moment. För utvecklingen av BIM hos medarbetarna finns stora vinster genom förenklade informationsflöden men också svårigheter eftersom en stor del av medarbetarna idag blir hindrade av tekniken. / Productivity in the construction industry has for a long time been considered as low compared to other industries. The construction industry has started to adapt strategies that have been successful in other industries to increase the productivity. This report aims to examine how the information flow during foundation of concrete piles can be more efficient. The study is based on Skanska Sweden AB for the region of Skanska foundation. Concrete piling is one of the foundation activities that Skanska foundation performs. To create an understanding about the information flow, the authors had to identify the existing working method that was used today. The aim was then based on the current state to formulate a future state with a greater efficiency in the flow of information. BIM has begun to be implemented as a working method in the construction sector and have therefore been investigated in the report as an opportunity for an improved flow of information. To identify the production process for concrete piling within the company the authors have used value stream mapping. The method is a way of mapping a specific process, where the product that the customer wants is followed. The analysis originating from Toyotas method which today is referred to as lean. The mapping of concrete piling started from the transport of the factory to the pile was handed over to the customer. During the mapping the authors follows the material flow and the information flow related to the material during the process. The collection of data for the value stream mapping was done based on interviews and observations. To understand the possibility of implementations carried out a questionnaire and interviews, regarding the use of BIM in Skanska foundation. The use of BIM within the organization differs between the different professional groups, civil servants and skilled workers. The questionnaire survey was conducted on five projects in the Stockholm area. Among civil servants eight of 19 worked with BIM weekly or more often, while 16 of 17 skilled workers never had worked with BIM at all. The results of value stream analysis were collected from the two projects, the FSE 105 Concrete tunnel at Kungens kurva and interchange Vega. Based on the results the authors have formulated two areas of improvements. The first improvement is about release measuring through machine control and the second are about digitization of documents. Implementation of machine control on a pile driver does not need a long time to pay off financially. From the results, about 170,000 SEK can be saved per year and machine if machine control would be implemented on the pile drivers. There are more positive effects that have been observed during the study but these effects have not been measured.  However, there are obstacles in the usability and technology today that require manual intervention at certain stages. For the development of BIM among the employees there are great gains through simplified information flow. With that there comes difficulties since a large proportion of employees is hindered by technology.

Research questions: How should the supply chain within Micropower and Ecotec be coordinated in order to minimize the costs and keep a high customer service level?  1. What kinds of activities take place within the supply chain of Micropower and Ecotec and how are they coordinated? 2. What kinds of wastes can be identified and why do they occur? 3. What should be done in order to minimize these wastes?  Purpose: The overall purpose is to improve the coordination of the supply chain between the two facilities to minimize the airfreight without affecting the customer service level. The first objective is to define what kinds of activities take place within the supply chain and how they are coordinated with each other to identify the wastes. It will then be investigated why they occur. Finally, suggestions and solutions will be formulated to eliminate these wastes. Considering the expansion phase of the case company, the purpose of this thesis also covers general learnings for future supply chain setups with offshore subsidiaries.

O principal propósito deste trabalho é avaliar as principais variáveis que devem ser consideradas no dimensionamento do buffer de componentes de uma empresa que trabalha sob a ótica da Manufatura Enxuta, que devem ser fornecidos a uma célula de manufatura com mix variado de conjuntos similares a serem produzidos. Como mecanismo de validação da investigação, devido ao dinamismo inerente a operação de sistemas de produção com layout célular, foi utilizada a ferramenta Mapeamento de Fluxo de Valor com o apoio de uma estrutura de um software comercial de simulação computacional aplicando o otimizador do aplicativo desenvolvido a partir de um algoritmo genético a fim de contrapor o uso do abastecedor das células com o controle efetivo do nível de inventário do buffer. Como resultado são apresentados diferentes cenários definidos como experimentos tendo como principal fator a variação do tempo de ciclo de abastecimento executado e o fluxo de material como parâmetro inerente a demanda por cada um dos componentes consumidos na operação da célula de manufatura. Através das análises dos resultados foi concluído que os elevados níveis de estoque se tornam ou não necessários dependendo preliminarmente da capacidade de carregamento por ciclo de abastecimento do transportador e o tempo de ciclo necessário para a realização da atividade de ressuprimento. A relevância do tema de pesquisa estudado encontra-se na contribuição pertinente às informações adquiridas in loco na realidade de uma empresa que trabalha sob a ótica da Manufatura Enxuta, no crescente aumento da complexidade dos sistemas produtivos e, consequentemente, da dificuldade de análises mais precisas do impacto que as variáveis de fluxo, como por exemplo, tempo de abastecimento e movimentação, tempo de setup e os respectivos roteiros de fabricação podem causar no desempenho dos processos no chão de fábrica. / The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the main variables that must be considered in the component buffer dimensioning of a company that works with Lean Manufacturing, which to a manufacturing cell should be supplied with a varied mix of similar sets to be produced . As a research validation mechanism, due to the dynamism inherent in the operation of production systems with cell layout, the Value Stream Mapping tool was used with the support of a commercial software simulation structure applying the developed application optimizer from a genetic algorithm in order to counteract the use of the cell supplier with the effective control of the inventory level of the buffer. As a result, different scenarios defined as experiments are presented, the main factor being the variation of the supply cycle time executed and the material flow as a parameter inherent to the demand for each of the components consumed in the manufacturing cell operation. Through the analysis of the results it was concluded that high levels of stock become or not necessary depending on the loading capacity per transport cycle of the conveyor and the cycle time required to perform the resupply activity. The relevance of the studied research theme lies in the relevant contribution to the information acquired locally in the reality of a company that works from the perspective of the Lean Manufacturing, in the increasing complexity of the productive systems and, consequently, of the difficulty of more precise analyzes of the impact that the flow variables, such as supply and handling time, setup time and the respective manufacturing routes, can cause in the process performance on the shop floor.

\"Houve época em que as empresas podiam ser organizações focadas nos próprios processos produtivos e comerciais, pressionando o mercado a se adaptar a suas necessidades ou características, de acordo com o modelo de negócios por elas praticado. Na medida em que a sociedade e o mercado se alteraram em profundidade e complexidade, exigindo ao mesmo tempo melhores produtos, mais resultados e ganhos crescentes, as empresas passaram a sentir a necessidade de se envolver num processo contínuo de melhoria\", (PINEDO, 2003). Devido ao processo de globalização produtiva os concorrentes passaram a pressionar muito mais duramente, pelo fato espantoso de que o espaço de mercado passou a ser o mundo inteiro. Defeitos e atrasos na entrega dos produtos são mazelas não mais aceitas pelos consumidores. A crescente exigência destes por produtos customizados e entregas rápidas tem provocado um litígio entre as empresas e o tradicional sistema de produção em massa, que muitas vezes não consegue atingir as expectativas dos clientes. Para se adaptarem a esse ambiente competitivo, as empresas de manufatura, seguindo os passos da indústria automobilística, estão cada vez mais utilizando os conceitos e técnicas da Produção Enxuta, ou seja, produzindo em resposta a demandas específicas, somente quando necessário, controlando a qualidade do produto e do prazo de entrega, e ao mínimo custo. Nesse sentido, o objetivo desse trabalho é propor um método de implantação de sistema Kanban que possa auxiliar as organizações a utilizarem esta ferramenta da Produção Enxuta, retirando dessa os maiores benefícios possíveis, como redução do inventário, melhoria do sistema de gerenciamento, redução de atrasos em entregas, entre outros. Esse método deverá servir como base de orientação para os envolvidos num processo de implantação de Kanban. / \"There were time where the companies could be organizations directed in the proper productive and commercial processes, pressuring the market to adapt its necessities or characteristics, in accordance with the model business-oriented for them practised. In the measure where the society and the market have modified in depth and complexity, demanding at the same time better products, more increasing results and profits, the companies had started to feel the necessity of involving in a continuous process of improvement\" (PINEDO, 2003). In consequence of the process of globalization\'s productive the competitorshad started to pressure much more hardly, for the amazing fact that the market space started to be the entire world. Defects and delays in the delivery of the products are problems not more accepted for the consumers. The increasing requirement of these for specific products and special deliveries has provoked a litigation between the companies and the traditional system of mass production, that many times do not obtain to reach the expectations of the customers. To be detached to this competitive environment, the companies of manufacture, following the steps of the automobile industry, are each time more using the concepts and techniques of the Lean Production, or either, producing in reply the specific demands, only when necessary, controlling the stated period and product quality of delivery, and minimum cost. In this direction, the objective of this work isto consider a method of system implantation Kanban that it can assist the organizations to use this tool of the Lean Production, removing that the biggest possible benefits, as reduction of inventory, improvement of the management system, reduction of delays in deliveries, among others. This method will have to serve as base of orientation for the involved ones in a process of Kanban\'s implantation.

Lean Six Sigma is a method used to improve the quality and efficiency of processes by reducing variation and eliminating wastes (non-value added activities) in an organisation. The concept of combining the principles and tools of Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma has been discussed in the literature. The majority of Lean Six Sigma applications in private industry have focused primarily on manufacturing applications. The literature has not provided a framework for implementing Lean Six Sigma programmes in non-manufacturing or transactional processes like those in the Entertainment Media industry. The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), like many other industries in Saudi Arabia, has high occupational safety risks, such as electric, fire and fall hazards which often occur in the media workplace. These risks are considered very costly and affect productivity and employee morale in general. The main objective of this research is to provide a synergistic approach to integrating occupational health and safety programmes and Lean Six Sigma tools using the DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control) problem-solving method to strengthen and assure the success of safety programmes in the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). This research identifies the roadmap (i.e. activities, principles, tools, and important component factors) for applying Lean Six Sigma tools in the media industry. A case study addressing the safety issues that affect employees’ performance within the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) TV studio is used to validate work outlined in this research. Furthermore, the Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) method is used to understand the probability occurrence of safety hazards. The application of the Taguchi Experimental Design method and other Lean Six Sigma tools, such as Cause and Effect diagrams, Pareto principles, 5S, Value Stream map, and Poka-Yoke have been incorporated in to this research. The application of Lean Six Sigma DMAIC problem-solving tools resulted in significant improvement in safety within SBC. The average electrical hazard incident decreased from 2.08 to 0.33, the average fire hazard incident decreased from 1.25 to 0.08, and the average fall hazard incident decreased from 3.42 to 0.17. The research has important implications for the company and its employees, with positive outcomes and feedback reported by top management, the senior technicians, and experts. The research improved the safety by reducing electrical, fire and fall risks. The Safety training sessions are one of the most significant factors that improve their safety awareness. It is observed that Lean Six Sigma problem-solving tools and methods are effective in the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).

Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-04T21:38:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moacir Bispo dos Santos.pdf: 1746352 bytes, checksum: 7e6894def33be0b0a6e8d06cb797305e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-18 / A dissertação aborda a aplicação do Mapeamento da Cadeia de Valor (Value Stream Mapping) como uma ferramenta da Produção enxuta - Lean Manufacturing, por meio da implantação de técnicas de eliminação de desperdício durante o ciclo produtivo de um componente de uma cabina na fabricação de elevadores. Investiga como é aplicada a metodologia na empresa a partir de uma necessidade do mercado, tendo como parâmetro o consumidor final. Procura-se investigar a contribuição das técnicas de manufatura enxuta em um processo produtivo com o uso da ferramenta Value Stream Mapping para aumento de produtividade. Foi realizado um estudo de caso qualitativo, com demonstração de alguns dados quantitativos para verificar resultados. Relata o estudo de caso na aplicação do sistema Lean Manufacturing para aumento de produtividade, sendo concluído com a possibilidade de abranger a ferramenta para outras áreas da empresa tanto na produção como na área administrativa. Constatou-se que, ao identificar os estágios do fluxo de valor para cada família de produto e a eliminação de etapas que não agregam valor, resulta no aumento de produtividade e o conseqüente atendimento às necessidades dos clientes, dentre eles o cumprimento de prazo estabelecido pelo mercado.

As organizações do setor público são normalmente associadas a processos lentos, burocráticos e que geram resultados insuficientes. Em função disso, têm crescido as exigências relativas ao desempenho dos órgãos do setor público. A aplicação dos conceitos Lean é uma alternativa para reduzir as perdas do setor púbico e aumentar a eficiência no uso dos recursos. Nesse contexto, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar e propor melhorias no processo de contratação de obras de uma universidade pública, com foco na eliminação das perdas, através da utilização do Mapeamento do Fluxo de Valor (MFV), bem como identificar barreiras para a aplicação do MFV e das melhorias identificadas por meio dessa ferramenta. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi o estudo de caso aplicado ao processo de contratação de uma obra na Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT). Com base no MFV, foram propostas melhorias no processo, sinalizando para uma possível redução do lead time de 1.242 dias para 380 dias. Através da aplicação do MFV, também foi possível identificar barreiras para implantação dos princípios lean, como a falta de padronização dos procedimentos, falta de visão sistêmica do fluxo do processo por parte dos gestores, deficiência na capacitação dos servidores, falta de foco no cliente final e dificuldades de adaptar conceitos a práticas. Pelos resultados obtidos, é possível afirmar que os procedimentos administrativos, no contexto de obras em uma universidade pública, podem ser melhorados com a aplicação do MFV. / Public organizations are usually associated to slow bureaucratic processes with little result. Therefore, there is a growing demand for higher performances in the public sector. Using lean concepts is an alternative to reduce the losses in the public sector and enhance the efficiency of recourse use. The research herein presented is aimed at analyzing and proposing improvements in the bidding process for construction works within a public university, focusing on loss elimination, through the use of Value Stream Mapping (VSM). Besides, we intend to identify obstacles to using VSM and the benefits that come from the use of such tool. We have done a case study about the bidding process for construction works within the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT). Based on VSM, we suggested improvements to the process through a possible reduction of the lead time from 1242 days to 380 days. By using VSM, it was also possible to identify obstacles to the lean principles, such as the lack of procedural standardization, the fact that managers do not have a systemic view of the process stream, employees’ need for training, lack of focus on the end client and difficulties to adapt concepts into practices. From the results, we can affirm that administrative procedures in a public university can be improved by using VSM.

A crescente competição mundial exige que as empresas sejam cada vez mais ágeis e enxutas. Por isso, a idéia de otimização de processos tem estado nas discussões e nas estratégias traçadas para a manutenção da competitividade destas empresas e para que as indústrias tenham seus diferenciais de mercado. A produção enxuta, originária da indústria japonesa, é uma filosofia que vem de encontro a atender esta necessidade. Este trabalho apresenta um modelo que visa auxiliar o desenvolvimento de produção enxuta em empresas, em especial na indústria aeroespacial onde as aplicações foram estudadas, apresentando as vantagens do uso compartilhado de duas ferramentas de auxílio na implementação de um processo produtivo enxuto: o Visioneering e o mapeamento de fluxo de valor, vistos sob a ótica da metodologia Transmeth. Para tal, partiu-se de uma introdução teórica dos principais conceitos em torno destes assuntos, passando pelo relato de algumas utilizações destas ferramentas isoladamente na Embraer e chegando à elaboração do modelo de aplicação propriamente dito. / The increasing worldwide competition demands companies to become lean and agile. Therefore, the idea of process organization has been present in most discussions and strategies traced for the competitive maintenance of these companies and the industries to promote market differentiation for industries. And lean manufacturing, original from Japanese industry, is a philosophy that intends to attend this worldwide need. This work presents a model that it aims at to assist the development of lean production in companies, specially in the aerospace industry where the applications had been studied, presenting the advantages of the shared use of two tools of aid in the implementation of a lean productive process: the Visioneering and the value stream mapping, visas under the optics of the Transmeth methodology. For such, it was broken of a theoretical introduction of the main concepts in lathe of these subjects, passing for the story of some uses of these tools separately in the Embraer and arriving in the elaboration of the model of application properly said.

O principal propósito deste trabalho é avaliar as principais variáveis que devem ser consideradas no dimensionamento do buffer de componentes de uma empresa que trabalha sob a ótica da Manufatura Enxuta, que devem ser fornecidos a uma célula de manufatura com mix variado de conjuntos similares a serem produzidos. Como mecanismo de validação da investigação, devido ao dinamismo inerente a operação de sistemas de produção com layout célular, foi utilizada a ferramenta Mapeamento de Fluxo de Valor com o apoio de uma estrutura de um software comercial de simulação computacional aplicando o otimizador do aplicativo desenvolvido a partir de um algoritmo genético a fim de contrapor o uso do abastecedor das células com o controle efetivo do nível de inventário do buffer. Como resultado são apresentados diferentes cenários definidos como experimentos tendo como principal fator a variação do tempo de ciclo de abastecimento executado e o fluxo de material como parâmetro inerente a demanda por cada um dos componentes consumidos na operação da célula de manufatura. Através das análises dos resultados foi concluído que os elevados níveis de estoque se tornam ou não necessários dependendo preliminarmente da capacidade de carregamento por ciclo de abastecimento do transportador e o tempo de ciclo necessário para a realização da atividade de ressuprimento. A relevância do tema de pesquisa estudado encontra-se na contribuição pertinente às informações adquiridas in loco na realidade de uma empresa que trabalha sob a ótica da Manufatura Enxuta, no crescente aumento da complexidade dos sistemas produtivos e, consequentemente, da dificuldade de análises mais precisas do impacto que as variáveis de fluxo, como por exemplo, tempo de abastecimento e movimentação, tempo de setup e os respectivos roteiros de fabricação podem causar no desempenho dos processos no chão de fábrica. / The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the main variables that must be considered in the component buffer dimensioning of a company that works with Lean Manufacturing, which to a manufacturing cell should be supplied with a varied mix of similar sets to be produced . As a research validation mechanism, due to the dynamism inherent in the operation of production systems with cell layout, the Value Stream Mapping tool was used with the support of a commercial software simulation structure applying the developed application optimizer from a genetic algorithm in order to counteract the use of the cell supplier with the effective control of the inventory level of the buffer. As a result, different scenarios defined as experiments are presented, the main factor being the variation of the supply cycle time executed and the material flow as a parameter inherent to the demand for each of the components consumed in the manufacturing cell operation. Through the analysis of the results it was concluded that high levels of stock become or not necessary depending on the loading capacity per transport cycle of the conveyor and the cycle time required to perform the resupply activity. The relevance of the studied research theme lies in the relevant contribution to the information acquired locally in the reality of a company that works from the perspective of the Lean Manufacturing, in the increasing complexity of the productive systems and, consequently, of the difficulty of more precise analyzes of the impact that the flow variables, such as supply and handling time, setup time and the respective manufacturing routes, can cause in the process performance on the shop floor.