What is ISO 22468 about?
ISO 22468 is an international standard on value stream management to ensure the improvement of a product.
ISO 22468 provides guidelines for the application of VSM about the collection, evaluation, and continuous improvement of value stream relevant data. In addition, ISO 22468 is the assessment of value streams based on defined key performance indicators.
The VSM method described in ISO 22468 is applicable to material, energy or data‑related process types. In practice, there are often hybrid forms of these main process types
Who is ISO 22468 for?
ISO 22468 on value stream management is useful for:
- Compliance manager
- Production managers and team
- Analyst of an organization
- Management bodies
Why should you use ISO 22468?
The value stream management (VSM) method is an effective tool for the collection, evaluation and continuous improvement of product and information flows within organizations.
ISO 22468 provides you with the analysis, design, and planning of value streams. In consideration of an ideal state, the current state of the value stream is mapped according to the gathered data and subsequently analysed to design a future state with less waste and a reduced lead time.
ISO 22468 enables organizations to streamline their internal and external processes. ISO 22468 ensures a unified collection, visualization, and calculation of value streams, first within companies or corporations and consequentially along supply chains.