摘要：The study describes the subject of allocation of products represented by one item from each product group to main company's value streams. Technological and organizational similarity is the key criterion of designing product families. In the analysis the α coefficient was used in order to assign each product to particular value streams. The article is a result of research in industry, aiming at creating an assortment structure in a form of product families (value streams) characteristic of lean manufacturing and to be more precise - lean management.
关键词：technological and organizational similarity; value stream; product families; lean manufacturing/production; lean management
