Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a high-level tool that enables lean managers to adopt a systems approach aimed at operational excellence and customer satisfaction. VSM forms the backbone of the continuous improvement roadmap for all processes.

Module Content:

• Concept and Purpose of Value Stream Mapping
• Value-Adding and Non-Value-Adding Activities
• Steps and Drawing Method of Value Stream Mapping
• Definition of Current State Value Stream
• Value Stream Mapping Symbols – Material Flow Symbols
• Value Stream Mapping Symbols – Information Flow Symbols
• Value Stream Mapping Symbols – General Symbols
• Steps and Drawing Method of Value Stream Mapping
• Steps to Draw the Current State
• Concept of Future State Value Stream Mapping
• Creation of Future State Value Stream Map
• Benefits of Value Stream Mapping
• Examples of Value Stream Maps
• Waste Analysis, Identification of Value-Adding, Non-Value-Adding, and Necessary Waste Activities
• Creating a List of Improvement Opportunities
• Defining Measurements and Performance Metrics

Learning Outcomes for Participants:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role and importance of value stream mapping in businesses.
• Evaluate production processes as a whole.
• Identify wastes and their sources, and create plans to eliminate them.
• Connect material and information flow.
• View and understand functional units as a whole, enabling holistic process improvement.
• Identify bottleneck processes by comparing customer demand and process production times.
• Analyze product-related flow paths and make recommendations for continuous flow.
• Conduct layout improvement activities.

Who Should Attend?

Operational/production managers, engineering managers, quality managers, senior supervisors, engineers, and technicians — operational decision makers.