Core answer
What is value stream mapping?
Value stream mapping is a method to see how value, information and work flow through a process. It makes visible where waiting time, handovers, rework, inventory and ambiguity arise.
Practical view
What do you map?
What is a value stream?
A value stream is the sequence of activities needed to turn a customer request into a delivered product, service or result.
Why measure lead time?
Lead time shows how much time passes between request and delivery. Often the largest improvement potential is in waiting time, handovers and rework.
Why include information flow?
Processes often block not only through execution, but through planning, priorities, handovers, decisions and information that is late or unclear.
Deepening
From map to improvement
What do you do after a value stream map?
Do not choose everything at once. Design a desired future state, define the biggest blockers and translate them into concrete improvement actions.
Which course helps with this?
Green Belt builds the basis for value stream thinking. Black Belt deepens analysis, project leadership and change.
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