Mapping Your Value Streams - Learning To See

Objectives

- To understand the process of value stream mapping
- To explain how to design Future State value streams

Since the launch of "Learning to See" many of us have been mapping our value streams. Often, we have started by mapping what we can see - the transformation of raw materials into a finished product. However, as we have begun to tie in our order to delivery information flows - the information that tells us what to work on and when - we have uncovered a previously hidden amount of work to be done in our other processes. "Mapping Your Processes" takes delegates through the process of value stream mapping, introducing you to the issues you will come across as you map. Delegates will conduct a series of exercises so that they are able to translate how the tool can be used in their environment - be it high volume repetitive manufacturing, bespoke made to order products/services or administrative processes. Most importantly "Mapping Your Processes" explains the questions required to design Future State value streams and walks through relevant examples from LEA's library of maps.

Content

Using a series of examples, participants will learn how to identify a product family, how to see the entire value stream for a particular product family, how to map the value stream to identify and eliminate waste, design a future state and how to develop a plan to achieve immediate results. Workshop contents include:

• Value stream improvement vs. process improvement
• Focusing on a product family
• The value stream manager
• Identifying the correct level of magnification for value stream
• A series of case studies and exercises to practice drawing a current-state map
• Individual efficiency vs. system efficiency
• Issues to consider when developing a Future State and designing a lean flow
• Exercises to practice drawing a future-state map
• How to create a plan for implementing the future state