A "Minimum Viable Process" (MVP) refers to the most basic yet functional version of a manufacturing workflow/process a product efficiently and effectively with the least amount of resources and complexity. The concept draws from the "Minimum Viable Product" (MVP) principle, which focuses on launching a product with enough features to attract early adopters and provide feedback for future product development.
The benefit of thinking in terms of Minimum Viable Process is that you eliminate excess (waste) in every aspectof your process and process steps, resulting in you coming up with the smallest form-factor of all the needed manufacturing steps to make a product