value stream mapping , VSM (Abkürzung)

Traditional value stream maps are static, a snapshot in time.

Another key Lean step is to develop value stream maps of the overall release process.

Assess the current state value stream map in terms of creating flow by eliminating waste.

This version features modeling, loading, saving, and simulation of value stream maps.

These include: detailed flow-charts, work flow diagrams and value stream maps.

Draw a future state value stream map.

Complex Kanban boards can be created that visualise the flow of work across a value stream map.

ValueStreamDesigner provides a simple and quick method to prepare, manage, share and present value stream maps.

Value stream mapping software is a type of software that helps prepare and/or analyze value stream maps.

Draw while on the shop floor a current state value stream map, which shows the current steps, delays, and information flows required to deliver the target product or service.

While value stream maps are not overly difficult to construct, utilizing software can help speed up the process and simplify calculations that help make up a completed map.

Every step in a particular process at ThedaCare - being admitted to the hospital, say - is broken down and laid out in a "value stream map" so that new efficiencies can be uncovered.

Having identified and described a value stream, implementation usually proceeds with construction of a value stream map - a pictorial representation of the flow of information, beginning with an initial demand request or pull and progressing up the value stream.