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Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation
Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation
"Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation" is a book written by Karen Martin and Mike Osterling. Karen Martin is a leading expert in the field of value stream mapping and the author of several books on the subject. Mike Osterling is a consultant and coach in the field of Lean Six Sigma and value stream mapping.
The book provides a comprehensive guide to value stream mapping, which is a tool that can be used to visualize work and align leadership for organizational transformation. The authors argue that by using value stream mapping, organizations can identify and eliminate waste, improve efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction. The book is divided into three parts: the first part provides an overview of value stream mapping, the second part examines how to create and use value stream maps, and the third part provides guidance on how to implement value stream mapping in an organization.
Key takeaways from the book:
Value Stream Mapping is a tool that can be used to visualize work and align leadership for organizational transformation.
Value Stream Mapping can help organizations to identify and eliminate waste, improve efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction.
Value Stream Mapping requires a deep understanding of the customer's needs and the value they are looking for.
Value Stream Mapping requires the involvement of all employees in the process of creating and using value stream maps.
Value Stream Mapping can be applied to any industry and any type of work.
Value Stream Mapping requires a holistic approach that considers the entire process, not just individual activities.
Value Stream Mapping is an important step in the Lean Thinking process and is closely related to the principles of flow, pull, and perfection.
Value Stream Mapping can help organizations to create a sustainable competitive advantage.
Value Stream Mapping is a powerful tool that can be used for both process improvement and organizational transformation.
Value Stream Mapping requires continuous improvement and the need to measure and monitor progress.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to value stream mapping, from the principles and practices to the implementation and benefits. It is a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their organization. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding the customer's needs and the value they are looking for, the need to involve all employees in the process, and the importance of continuous improvement.
Value Stream Mapping
Reading Pick of the day! How to build a value stream mapping (VSM) - by Mickaël Réquillard.
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The Value Stream Mapping Tool
The value stream mapping tool was made famous by Mike Rother in his book 'learning to see'. This methodology enables the mapping of the entire value chain of a company, analyzing both physical and information flows. It is a powerful strategic tool that provides a current snapshot of what exists today, but also and above all allows you to project yourself into the future (with future mapping), checking the company's compatibility with its objectives and helping it to define the actions to be taken.
This book will show you how to carry out a VSM, both current and future, by explaining the key points (symbols used, KPI, 8 questions), useful tips when carrying it out, and application examples.
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Toyota KATA
Reading Pick of the day! TOYOTA KATA - by Mike Rother.
Today’s reading pick:
Toyota KATA
Engineer and continuous improvement expert Mike Rother explains that “improvement kata” and “coaching kata” form the invisible bonds that make Toyota successful.
He explains essential improvement concepts like “PDCA” and “mentor-mentee dialogue” in detail, complete with case histories and examples. His text is dense, yet easy enough to digest if your background is in manufacturing. Fortunately, he loves schematic figures and explanatory drawings and they help guide the way. We from Operations Insider recommend Rother’s insights to leaders in manufacturing eager to explore behavioral patterns and techniques that go beyond the known Lean Manufacturing toolkit.
And yet before we forget: KATA stands for the Japanese term of a routine or pattern that improves your practice. Coming from martial arts and repeat a certain sequence of exercises.
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Learning to See
Reading Pick of the day! Learning to See - by Mike Rother and John Shook.
Today’s reading pick:
Learning to see
Learning to see is a lean must have and you can call it a real classic in the lean world. This is the holy book of value stream mapping. With value stream mapping you are very fast on describing a process and find out where MUDA appears and how to eliminate it. With VSM you have a great tool to show your given process, analyze it, smooth it out and test some options, before you even touch machinery or equipment. It gives you a blue print of your future process.”
The book Learning to See - using Value Stream Design to Increase Value Creation and Eliminate Waste. The method of value stream design has proven to be an easy to apply and at the same time very effective tool for designing highly efficient and customer-oriented value streams in the production of products and services. The workbook: Learning to See - conveys the method in a practical way with the help of a continuous example and numerous illustrations.
This book is a real classic and should be standing in every shelf of a person that wants to go deeper in the lean world.
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