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Value Stream Mapping     1-Day Course	Dates Available 2004 Dates: Mar 3 (L/Spa), Jun 29 (L/Spa)
Value Stream Mapping is a powerful visualisation tool designed to help lean implementation engineers map the entire door to door production flow. By analysing the complete process the “current state map” can be used to prioritise improvement projects that bring real benefits to process flow. It avoids improvement teams working on individual projects on discrete processes that bring only limited benefit for the end customer.
Course Content
Introduction to Value Stream Mapping - Course outline and objectives - Traditional approaches to improvement activities - Background and history of the technique Value Mapping - Focusing continuous improvement - Current state mapping - Preparing for the analysis - what to consider ? - Mapping material and information flow - Takt time calculation - OEE - Value stream time calculations - Team based exercise Developing the Future State Map - Developing an improvement strategy - Introduction to flow manufacturing techniques - The concepts of pull systems and one piece flow - Kanban material control and material supermarkets - Developing the future state action plan Worked Example Exercise - Team based value stream mapping exercise - Exercise review - Examples and case studies Course Review & Action Planning