Abstract: “This research presents a value-focused thinking approach to identifying and structuring of objectives for the design of value-added production systems for manufacturing companies. The approach combines manufacturing, logistics and lean principles and emphasizes the importance of the decisionmaker during the design of a value-added production system. Additionally the importance of the decision-maker is demonstrated through the presentation of the results of a conducted survey among small and medium-sized enterprises.”

Keywords: value-added production system, lean production, logistics, production l