Improvement of coffee production performance via integrated lean and automated mechanization techniques

Figures & data

Figure 1. The current state VSM of the cherry coffee production process (Kittichotsatsawat & Tippayawong, 2021).

Table 1. The activities of current state are categorized and summarized

Type of activities	Current State
	No. of Activities	%	Time (min)	%
Value Added (VA)	16	69.6	50,625	97.0
Non-Added Value (NVA)	5	21.7	102	0.2
Non-Necessary Value Added (NNVA)	2	8.7	1,445	2.8
Total	23	100	52,172	100

Figure 2. Mechanization applied to improve the performance of the future state.

Table 2. Improved performance of the coffee production process by VSM

Type of activities	Improved State			% Reduction
	Time (min) (To-Be)	Time (min) (As-Is)	Time reduction (min)
Value Added (VA)	50,625	7,665	42,960	84.85
Non-Added Value (NVA)	102	102	-	-
Non-Necessary Value Added (NNVA)	1,445	1,445	-	-
Total	52,172	9,212	42,960	82.34

Kittichotsatsawat, Y., & Tippayawong, K. Y. (2021). Conceptual framework of performance improvement in coffee production using integrated lean technique. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. 105–112. http://www.ieomsociety.org/singapore2021/papers/27.pdf

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