Lean: Value Stream Mapping
Eliminate WASTE and only do what adds VALUE to your business
- Observe how your process flows
- Identify Waste – Map while you walk
- Remove waste & create a value adding process
The Key Concepts
Identify Value and Non Value added steps.
- Value – Activities that transform materials or information to meet customer demands
- Non Value - Activities that take time and resources or occupy space but do not add value to the product or service
Draw the Map
- It provides a common language
- Forces you to confront the reality of current process
Go See! – Map it yourself
- Collect information while walking the actual paths of material and information yourself.
- Walk the path once to get a feel of the flow and sequence of processes, then go back and start collecting information. Do not sit behind a computer
Map Symbols
Understand the symbols – rough sketching is fine, you will change it many times
The Work Plan
Identify waste and locate on map. Draw up actions based upon achieving flow, reducing WIP and creating a Pull system
These May Help!
Value Stream MappingValue Stream FORMS
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