Value Stream Mapping 

Overview / who should attend and why?

Value Stream Mapping is one of the most valuable tools any person can have for understanding and improving a business.  Used as a key tool in Lean, Value Stream Mapping is an essential tool for anybody looking to implement Lean.  This course is designed to teach the art of Value Stream Mapping.  Ideal for consultants, business improvement personnel or individuals who need to understand and improve processes or implement Lean.  The course enables delegates to understand the tool and then to practise the art.  It includes detailed explanations of the pitfalls of running a Value Stream Mapping session.

Course Objectives

• To enable delegates to learn the theory of Value Stream Mapping.
• To understand how it is used in Lean Thinking
• To understand the pitfalls of Value Stream Mapping
• To understand how to run mapping sessions
• To enable individuals to review and improve processes in any business

Course Content

• Introduction and course outline
• What is a process?
• What is a Value Stream Map and how to draw one
• Value Stream and Lean
• The pitfalls of Value Stream Mapping
• The skills needed to run a session 
• How to run a mapping session
• Practise session with feedback
• Wrap up

Benefits of attendance

• You will understand Value Stream Mapping and how to run sessions
• You will understand how to use Value Stream Mapping in Lean implementations
• You will understand and know how to over come common problems
• You will be able to quickly understand all the steps in a process and then improve that process

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this training course is £300 per day plus VAT
• The duration is 1 days
• Various dates and locations throughout the UK, please contact us for further information.