Available from 5th April 2010.

Course Overview

Do you need some training in Value Stream Mapping? Our distance learning value stream mapping training course is suitable for demonstrating the improvements that can be made to both office and factory processes. This value stream mapping training course is ideally suited to senior executives and managers from all disciplines.

What is Value Stream Mapping? Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a diagnostic tool used to differentiate those company wide processes that add value and create wealth from those that generate waste and ultimately reduce customer satisfaction.

Value Stream Mapping allows us to visualise the flow of materials and information through our company and pictorially identifies areas of waste along the way. Whether you work in an office or in a factory, the knowledge gained from our value stream mapping training course can be used to make lasting permanent change.

What you will learn

• Where to start
• How to identify wasteful non-value adding activities in your business
• Learning to understand exactly what your customer actually wants
• How to develop a plan of improvements
• What key performance indicators to use
• Which lean tools are suitable for your business
• At the conclusion of the course each delegate should be able to generate an improvement plan for their own work environment.

Course Content

• What is Value Stream Mapping? - Definitions
• Review of traditional functional business set up
• Top level planning
• Understanding and identifying waste - 7 Wastes
• How to get your team on board?
• Current state mapping
• How to work out the process Takt time?
• What is Continuous Flow Manufacturing?
• Levelling, Pitch and other associated terminology
• Future state mapping
• Involving customers and suppliers
• Implementation plan
• How to measure and monitor your progress?
• Summary & Review