Lean Business Specialists - Nestadt Consulting

Value Stream Mapping Workshop

Discover how a simple tool provides a methodology for "Lean" practice

Learn to add value and eliminate waste throughout the entire business

Develop a powerful method of communicating where you business stands today and where it needs to be in the future

The Value Stream Mapping Workshop incorporates basic lean concepts and techniques and pulls them together in a simple, easy to understand way for all participants.

What is Value Stream Mapping?

1) A visual pencil and paper mapping process that helps you, your team and other stakeholders see and understand the flow of material and information as a product makes its way through the value stream.
2) Develoment of a visual "CURRENT STATE" map, and then later a "FUTURE STATE" map, helps everybody clearly understand the improvement opportunities for the business and its supply chain
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The Workshops

Through group exercises, the workshops allow participants to understand all the material flows and information flows required to produce a particular product.

The first workshop takes the participants step-by-step through developing their own current state Value Stream Map, usually from customer through to supplier. The second workshop is a transition between the current and future states where detailed current state information is used to develop a deeper understanding of the current situation and what can be achieved in the future.

The final workshop focuses on implementation, sustaining and improving through development of a continuous flow project. The outcome of the final workshop is a future state Value Stream Map along with target conditions, an implementation plan and defined measures for indicating performance against goals.

Key Concepts

The participants will learn:

How to calculate takt time for your business to understand customer requirements

The importance of measuring performance at major processes through Key Performance Indicators such as cycle time, changeover time, uptime and scrap rate

To develop an appreciation for production lead time versus processing time

How to manage production volumes and mixes

What real work is, through conducting a process study and how to distinguish between value-adding and non value-adding elements

How to use the Seven Wastes to reduce cycle times through a Paper Kaizen and balance the work between operations

The importance of people, machines, materials and layout considerations in developing a "lean" future state

Who, Where & What

We can run the workshop at your site, as this is generally most convenient. The basic requirement is a room with data projector and space for workshop activities for up to 8 people. We will organise an external venue if this is required.

For More Information

To find out more about how The Value Stream Mapping Workshop can create positive results in your organisation, please contact Nestadt Consulting on telephone: 03 9827 2887.