LEAN Value Stream Mapping
Overview:
In the Value Stream Mapping course, participants learn to identify value-added and non-value-added activities in a product family’s value stream. Students systematically draw a holistic representation of the material and information flows for the product family and identify the various types of waste that exist in the system. This three-day course includes a hands-on workplace project that allows participants to map a shop floor process of an actual manufacturing value stream.
How Participants Will Benefit:
At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the components and flow of a product’s production path from beginning to end
- Draw a visual representation of every process in the material and information flow of a production path
- Create a current state value stream map and develop a future state value stream map of an actual production process at a manufacturing company
- Develop an implementation plan for attaining the future state of the same manufacturing production process
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
- Definition of a Value Stream
- Review of Value-Added and Non-Value Added activities
- Levels of a Value Stream
- Document a current state map
- Identify the areas of waste in a Lean Value Stream
- Develop a future state map
- How to Manage and Implement the Future State Map
- Implementation tips
- Workplace Project:
- Identify a product value stream and develop a current state Value Stream Map
- Develop a future state Value Stream Map
- Develop implementation plan for removing waste from Value Stream
- Debrief, discussion, review
Prerequisites:
Experience with manufacturing and quality processes in a manufacturing environment Successful completion of Principles of Lean Manufacturing or instructor approval
Who Should Attend:
Production managers, supervisors, engineers, continuous improvement specialists, quality assurance personnel, front-line employees, or others who are responsible for production or processes.