VSM 2024 Value Stream Mapping

What is SPS?

• A standardized approach to identify and solve problems from the beginning of value creation.

• A method to increase production speed.

• A tool for financial analysis.

• A strategy for employee engagement.

What is Value Stream Mapping?

What is the flow of value or value chain?

Why is VSM an essential tool?

• It makes the entire process flow visible.

• It focuses only on one point in the process.

• It complicates the identification of waste.

• It is only useful for financial analysis.

What is the primary benefit of viewing processes through a value stream lens?

• Enhancing individual tasks for efficiency

• Streamlining the entire workflow for better outcomes

• Addressing only the most critical issues

• Restricting analysis to a single product line

What are the general steps to perform VSM?

• Use CI tools to define current state

• Create current state map

• Identify product families

• Draw ideal state VSM

• Implement future state with Kaizen methodology

What are the advantages of VSM?

• Creates essential steps for VSM

• Allows better visibility of flow

• Focuses on main flows

• Generates distractions chasing exceptions

• Observes what happens most of the time

What is the purpose of mapping the current state?

What are the three types of flow in a VSM?

• Information flow

• Material flow

• Process flow

What does a value stream map use to represent flows?