Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping is a powerful visualization tool designed to help map the entire door-to-door production flow. This course offers the opportunity to learn “to see the flow” of information and materials throughout the value stream of a business. By analyzing the complete process the “current state map” can be used to prioritize improvement projects that bring real benefits to process flow.

Who should attend:
All employees responsible for quality and productivity improvements and employees that participate in process improvement efforts.

Prerequisites: None

CEU Credits: 0.8

Duration: 8 Hours (1-day course)

Course Content:

• Process Improvement Overview
  • Past Improvement Thinking
  • Origin of Lean Thinking

• What is Lean Thinking?
  • Benefits Lean Thinking
  • Value-Added versus Non-Value Added Work Activities
  • Definitions of Waste
  • Identifying Waste in Processes

• Value Stream Mapping: A Planning Tool
  • The Need for a Value Stream
  • Design Principles of a Lean Value Stream
  • How the Mapping Tool is Used

• Exercise 1: Draw the Current State Map
  • Define Value
  • Identify Waste

• Exercise 2: Determine the Lean Value Stream
  • Map Material and Information Flow
  • Take Time Calculation

• Exercise 3: Draw the Future State Mapping Exercise
  • Introduction to Flow Techniques
  • Concepts of Pull Systems

• Implementing Lean in Your Organization
  • Developing an Improvement Strategy

• Developing the Future State Action Plan

Each participant will receive a comprehensive manual and a Certificate of Completion at the close of the seminar.

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