Value Stream Mapping is a Lean Manufacturing tool that uses a flow diagram to document in great detail every step of a manufacturing process. It is an improvement tool that is visualizing the entire operation of manufacturing or service representing both material and information flow. The supermarket is one of the three pull strategies that can be implemented as connection between to process steps when designing a Future State Value Stream Map. This graphical representation of a process is a powerful tool that helps in the diagnosis of process efficiency and allows companies to develop improved processes.
What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM)? Six Sigma defines Value Stream Mapping the following way: Value stream mapping (VSM) is a Lean manufacturing or Lean enterprise technique used to document, analyze, and improve the flow of information or materials required to produce a product or service for a customer.
This workshop shows you how to make and apply this fundamental and critical tool, based on the Lean Enterprise Institute's groundbreaking value-stream mapping workbook, Learning to See, which has introduced the mapping tool to thousands of people around the world.
A fundamental limitation of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is that it is a manual method for mapping and analysis of the flows of products, materials, people, information, etc. Value stream map is a visual means to depict and improve the flow of manufacturing and production process, as well as the information that controls the flow of materials through the process. Value stream mapping is a visual means to depict and improve the flow of manufacturing and production process, as well as the information that controls the flow of materials through the process.