Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Νόμος του Little (L = λW)	Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
Πεδίο	Επιχειρησιακή Έρευνα	Διοίκηση Ποιότητας
Οικογένεια	Regression model	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1961	1999
Δημιουργός	John D. C. Little	Mike Rother & John Shook
Τύπος	Exact queueing identity	Visual process analysis tool
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Little, J. D. C. (1961). A proof for the queuing formula: L = λW. Operations Research, 9(3), 383–387.	Rother, M., & Shook, J. (1999). Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate Muda. Lean Enterprise Institute. ISBN: 978-0-9667843-0-5
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	L = λW Theorem, Little's Theorem, Little's Result, Little Yasası	VSM, Material and Information Flow Mapping, Lean Flow Mapping, Değer Akış Haritalama
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Little's Law is a fundamental theorem in queueing theory that relates the long-run average number of items in a stable system (L) to the long-run average arrival rate (λ) and the long-run average time an item spends in the system (W), expressed as L = λW. Introduced and rigorously proved by John D. C. Little in 1961, the law holds for virtually any stable stochastic system, requiring no assumptions about arrival distributions, service distributions, or queue disciplines.	Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean management technique used to visualize, analyze, and improve the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service from raw input to customer delivery. Introduced by Mike Rother and John Shook in their 1999 workbook Learning to See, VSM draws on the Toyota Production System tradition to expose waste, delays, and non-value-adding activities across the entire production value stream.