the technical benefitsWe used the value stream mapping and analysis to develop our merged manufacturing flow. We moved to a more manufacturing friendly approach using vertical... in my entire NASA career!The first value stream we did was for the Manufacturing Demonstration Article. The process allowed us to successfully map out the manufacturing flow needed... the known's--or at least see if they are value added. Then thereis the whole DOE thing, I think plug welding, and hence the whole upper stage welding approach, would be in much worse shape...