Value Stream Mapping in Visio
36mIntermediate2025-03-07
Authors

Tina Agustiady
Award-Winning Leader and Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Course details
In this course, instructor Tina Agustiady helps you create the most effective value stream map that points out the main wastes in your business. A value stream map is imperative in order to have the most efficient business that runs at a continuous flow without disrupting the process or giving the customer unwanted waste. As businesses strive to save money and innovate, they must also be more efficient by reducing waste, understanding the flow of materials and information and understanding the voice of the customer. By following these simple steps in mapping a value stream in Visio, you can improve your processes and find the heart of the value stream by removing waste and delivering more value to your customers.
Learning objectives
Explain value stream mapping, including the origins and benefits.
Explain the relationship between lean and value stream mapping.
Create a value stream map.
List value stream mapping best practices.
Learning objectives
Explain value stream mapping, including the origins and benefits.
Explain the relationship between lean and value stream mapping.
Create a value stream map.
List value stream mapping best practices.
Skills covered
Agile Project ManagementOperations ManagementProject ManagementBusiness Analysis and StrategyOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Get started with value stream mapping
- 02 - What you should know
1. Lean Redefined
- 03 - What is lean
- 04 - Flow in value stream mapping
2. Value Stream Mapping Icons and Product Families
- 05 - Create the supplier and customer
- 06 - Create high-level process boxes
- 07 - Building out our process boxes
- 08 - Challenge - Build your own process boxes
- 09 - Solution - Build your own process boxes
- 10 - Arrows and shipment information
- 11 - Cycle time and lead time
- 12 - Challenge - Build your own data tables
- 13 - Solution - Build your own data tables
3. VSM Steps
- 14 - Value-added and non-value-added time
- 15 - Why are we waiting
- 16 - Challenge - Create your lead time ladder
- 17 - Solution - Create your lead time ladder
- 18 - Complete the lead time ladder
- 19 - Adding final touches
- 20 - Opportunities for improvement
- 21 - The final value stream map build
Conclusion
- 22 - Next steps
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