Value Stream Mapping

1 Day Course

Course Overview

Value Stream Mapping is offered as training for executives, planners, Kaizen
facilitators and team members.

This course covers the following topics:

  • Fundamentals of Lean
  • Getting Started with mapping
  • Current State and Future State maps
  • Strategic and Process level mapping
  • “Linkages” between material flow and information flow.
  • The “5 Whys”
  • SIPOC Charts
  • Value Added vs Non-Value Added processes
  • VSM in Office Processes

Learning Objectives

  • Develop skill with value stream maps to analyze the process in detail from the
    process participant’s and the customer’s viewpoints
  • Learn value stream mapping as a critical skill to eliminating waste in the existing
    process
  • Learn the features of different approaches to value stream mapping to enhance team
    learning
  • Learn how to develop a detailed, data rich Value Stream Map
  • Learn about some helpful mapping hints and how to use the maps in your events and
    planning processes.

Target Audience

Executives, lean practitioners, Kaizen facilitators, team leaders and managers that want to
discover the waste streams within their processes and create organized work areas.

Textbooks

  • Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate MUDA – Mike Rother