Value Strea Mapping
What is Value Stream Mapping / Analysis?
- Step-by-step process evaluation to determine
- Value-add (tied to customer value) activities
- Non-value-add activities
- A means to improve the process
Why do Value Stream Mapping?
- Understand current situation - Big picture point of view
- Shows the ratio of Non-Value Added to Value Added Time
- Exposes sources of waste - not just waste
- Shows linkage between the three types of flow
Guidelines for Mapping
- Start at the customer/user and work backwards
- Walk the actual flows
- Don’t Map the Organization but the flow through it
- Don’t be too detailed, this is an overview
- Use pencil not power point…quick and crude
