Using The Lean Technique Value Stream Mapping In A Lean

Transformation
The Value Mapping tab of a BDM mapping defines the value mappings between a Service Manager
object and a BDM object. Watch this webinar recording for practical tips on mapping your process
using an online Kanban board. In support of this, each portfolio in SAFe contains a set of
development value streams, each of which has its own budget. Value mapping helped the
telemarketer to become effective selling its high-margin materials to low-volume accounts, achieving
substantial results within a few months. The following figure shows a mapping from Catalog schema
to FlattenedCatalog schema.
These problems highlighted above could all be tackled one by one; but what we really need is a
vision of where we want to end up so that we can focus our efforts on achieving an agreed Ideal
State. The team guided by the expert should create an ideal state value stream map which should
envision the absolute best the process could be, this should then be agreed by senior management
as the ultimate goal of your value stream mapping exercise.
With Lucidchart's value stream mapping shape library, you can create nearly any workflow. Our
Social Value Mapping Tool has been developed tool to combine data from our business systems with
publicly available data to create a contextual picture or map, of the impacts we have. Or you find a
value stream map that addresses just a small part of the flow - totally missing the point. You can
check for it in the model's Mixer > Templates > Value Mapping folder in the explorer. For your
initial efforts in creating a connected value stream, these should be your primary objectives.
The usual aim of producing a value stream map is not just to understand one process (e.g. how a
new case is opened up on a computer system), but to look at the whole end to end process. For the
leader who is new to the above, the book provides guideposts for empowering the rest of the
organization to take a stab at value stream mapping. When showing both types of flows on the same
chart, it is therefore vital to use symbols that let the reader tell them apart, and VSMs do. And this is
hardly because Toyota employees are so smart they all carry the value stream maps around in their
heads. Begin by evaluating and mapping a limited, simpler process within one area of the
organization.
We use Value Mapping to send different representations of an object to different business units by
defining Mapping rules. However, particularly in the context of the large IT shop, understanding
both types of value streams is critical, as the development value stream feeds the operational
value stream, as is illustrated in Figure 2. By using familiar Microsoft platforms, your team can
focus on value stream improvement from day one.
The Value Stream Map is a means to an end, its purpose is to help create a more efficient and
effective organisation. A value stream map is defined in Wikipedia as a lean-management method for
analysing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product
or service from its beginning through to the customer. Like racing a top fuel dragster, value
stream mapping requires the presence of highly skilled support team members who practice
frequently. By design it doesn't even attempt to address the topic of Jidoka for example which Toyota
considers an equally if not more important support pillar than JIT or equipment stability.
Standard Lean stencils, drag-and-drop drawing, auto-draw capabilities, and event support provide a
mapping platform that speeds the VSM process while capturing a comprehensive electronic record.

The little mistake we made was skipping the identification and mapping of our value streams. Value
stream maps are usually produced for the process of a whole group, or family, of products or
services at the same time.
They joined forces to construct this technique as a direct result of a gap identified by Womack and
Jones - that organisations needed guidance on mapping the entire value stream for products,
families or services. A supplier usually will mark the beginning of a process and will be found to the
left of the value stream, while a customer is often found as the last step, to the far right of the value
stream map. Operations, which return type is void, does not return an additional value before the
output value of the out and inout parameters. The ARTs contain all the people and other assets
needed to enhance the flow of value.
The first step is the creation of a current-state map a system view of the value stream that
documents present conditions and uncovers waste. In some cases, using value stream mapping
would be like using a top fuel dragster - the fastest and most expensive car in the quarter-mile race,
the best-of-the-best in technology, drivers, and pit crews - to take you to the mailbox at the end of
your driveway. It's a quick and easy way to create accurate, powerful value stream maps in just
minutes!
Additionally, you can specify how many Process symbols you want, and include a Data Table and
Timeline below each Process. To access the QI Macros Value Stream Mapping Template and
Symbols, click on the QI Macros Menu, then Lean Tools and then Value Stream Mapping. The ride
management system is considered a separate value stream, since it operates under a separate
divisional budget, and that group sells variants of that system to other industrial applications as
well. After several training sessions and just doing it, we began adding value stream mapping to our
way of doing things. When you instantiate an action, the value-mapping rules of the first active
template are copied locally onto the clip.
During this workshop you will learn, by practical exercises: how the concept of value differs for
different stakeholders and how to take a system view over the concept of value; several ways to
make this complexity visible and quantified; various practices to establish a common language in the
execution of your software initiative; and facilitation techniques that will help you reduce the dark
spots in the definition of objectives.
Operational value streams show the steps used to provide goods or services to a customer, be they
internal or external 2. This is how the company makes its money. I created the Wardley Mapping
technique in 2005 and teach Governments, large corporations how to use it. Again, the values of
these parameters are returned in the same relative order as defined in the IDL definition.
In order to do this, the Value Stream Mapping method visually maps the flow of materials and
information from the time products come in the back door as raw material, through all
manufacturing process steps, and off the loading dock as finished products. In business today, the
application of value stream mapping - also referred to as visualizing or mapping your process
- isn't limited to the assembly line. SmartDraw's exclusive automation technology built into our value
stream mapping template applies the Lean approach to value stream maps, reducing your time and
effort to create a VSM.
The reason I've selected this example is because whilst it explains the process of mapping, anything
of commercial value has long since left it and been exploited or discarded. Some of the opportunities
found from value stream mapping can be addressed through a Kaizen Event or Blitz. Purpose of this
exercise is how to reduce non value added activities which most of the time is much greater than

value added activities. Just draw a value stream map and it will show you all your problems to work
on is a popular refrain that I hear quoted in companies attempting lean. Finally, there is
another significant benefit to identifying the value streams and organizing release trains around
them.
In this case, the ride management ART would apply value stream mapping 3 to identify the steps
and flow through the system, and they might describe a flow such as that illustrated in Figure 8. An
example that might apply to you is receiving a new story in your product backlog that isn't quite
fleshed out. Then, all references to objects (e.g. proxies) of interface Hello provides operations
_get_count() and _set_count(value), which are used to get and change the value of the attribute
count, respectively. When you set all associations, click Save button - in this case the mapping will
be saved and applied to the products.
One significant market is the amusement parks industry (see the Baja Adventure Ride Example ).
They have fewer than 200 people on staff, but they are reliant on a Supplier for the track system.
Information on other mapping tools, and indeed other Lean tools, can be found in many books such
as The New Lean Toolbox' by John Bicheno. So, this is exactly what you need to do. Take your
value chain and map it with an evolution axis. Value Stream Mapping is more detailed than a
Process Map since it is supported with numerical analysis.
Instead the emphasis is on physical, social and logistical preparation around mapping a value
stream. A process has to be mapped by the people who operate it, together with some expert input
to assist with the mapping and to challenge why things are done the way they are done. VSM is
different to process mapping, process mapping is about understanding a process at a detailed level.
Group contribution, analysis and mapping the flow in a transparent way helps identify where
efficiency is lost. A quick google search for Value Stream Map will show you a lot of
manufacturing maps.
As you can see, most of the value-add time (the time spent on activities that add value to the
process), or VA, was relatively short. The reason why little is done is because practitioners don't
realize that the value stream map is primarily a method for communicating current and potentially
improved process performance, and don't understand the steps involved in creating a clear and
simple representation of the value stream.
Stakeholder Value Mapping (SVM), a technique adapted from the field of Enterprise Management, is
presented to address this need.(cont.) Whereas SVM has already been developed for use at the
enterprise level, this thesis aims to extend the applicability of SVM to the micro level. In fact, the
actual name of the tool at Toyota is material and information flow analysis - not value stream
mapping. One possible explanation for this observation is that lean is built upon a value system that
is not always shared by the organizations trying to implement the philosophy. Timeline below the
value stream, used to calculate the percentage of the time in value add.
In Learning to See by Shook and Rother, I learned how to illustrate a manufacturing process or
value stream to illuminate the waste in that process. You can edit rules in the Value Map property
editor by typing parameter names in the Parameter column and mathematical expressions in the
Expression column. The second part of mapping is to challenge what we think the situation is,
remove duplication and bias.
Lucidchart works with important productivity tools like Google Apps, Confluence and JIRA to help
you stay up to speed with your busy schedule. While iterating through several conceptual designs I
quickly realized the value of mashing-up the JOBS concept with other approaches. Customer value

extends to applications, to changed business processes, and to people's objectives, issues,

relationships, and perceptions as well. Each value stream map reflects the uniqueness of a specific
business, yet they all share common terminology and symbology, making them easy to follow.
If we know that our process is dysfunctional and will have to change dramatically, there is no point
mapping in detail and costing in detail lots of individual steps that we are going to eliminate or
change completely. Therefore, to catch an exception you shall use the same mechanisms used to
catch Lua errors, as illustrated in the example below. Answer the questions with honest, quantifiable
evaluations and you will be on your way to improving the productivity of your value stream mapping
efforts.
This can require an extensive degree of cooperation; a common Value Stream Backlog ;
implementation of new, crosscutting capabilities; additional system integration; additional roles
and responsibilities; special considerations for Pre-, Post- , and PI Planning activities; different
degrees and types of DevOps support; and even more. Either way, it is essential that those involved
in the mapping know the area and know where the metaphorical bodies' are buried.
A range of workshops (over 20) was held with different audiences - industry, academic and student,
non-profit - to get a better idea of the usefulness of the tool in different settings. However, don't
allow enthusiasm for lean to lead you automatically to value stream mapping. Learning how to have
conversations with upper management, using value stream maps as the vehicle for strategic talks,
was an aha moment for me and something I hadn't found in other books.
The VSM diagram samples and templates below were drawn using ConceptDraw PRO with the Value
Stream Mapping solution that can be found in the ConceptDraw Solution Park. Once a process has
bedded-in, it is worth reviewing the new process with the people who took part in the value stream
mapping and those who participated in the blitzes. The first part of the VSM process is identifying
and mapping the actual state in a blueprint via group sessions.
The ultimate goal of value stream mapping is the creation of a future state map, which lays out a
vision for the implementation of a value-adding flow in the production and design of products or the
delivery of services. However, when a value of type other than boolean is marshaled into a CORBA
boolean it is mapped into true, except for nil that is mapped into false. Full text search our database
of 90,700 titles for Value Stream Mapping to find related research papers. In the context of SAFe,
systems builders must be aware that there are often two types of value streams present in the
enterprise.
If you are not yet familiar with all of the sections of a value stream map , study that illustration. The
mapping rules defined for a specific sender and receiver are stored in the websites table that can be
maintained during the configuration time. To add a row for a new rule, click the Insert Rule button
in the Value Map property editor. The consensus for mapping seems to be that using A4 or A3 paper,
together with pencils and coloured highlighters give the right mix of flexibility and visual impact.
FlexSim VSM is a simple software tool (currently in private beta testing) for building and analyzing
value stream maps with enhanced simulation capability. The Value Stream Mapping tools are just
one set of features in FlowBreeze Download a free trial to start mapping your value streams today.
Value Stream Mapping also links material and information flow and includes critical process data to
make waste visible and summarizes actual lead times and process times.
Much of Lean thinking in knowledge work starts with applying value stream mapping to any work
where there are repeatable processes. Whether you are a novice, experienced improvement

practitioner, or senior leader, Value Stream Mapping will help you design and operate your business
more effectively. From the Value Stream Map Shapes stencil, drag shapes onto the page to
represent your processes, information, and materials.
For the sake of clarity, I prefer to stick to common symbols and write a small note next to it. Symbols
I use frequently have a white background. I call this a value chain, as the focus should always be
that by meeting the needs of others you hope to create value. Value stream mappingan essential
but under-used methodologyis a proven approach to help you visualize and resolve disconnects,
redundancies, and gaps in your value delivery system.
That is when the source value in the payload comes as M' for Gender element; it picks Male',
where as if it is F' it picks Female' to form the target message. Taking a value stream
perspective means working on the big picture, not just individual processes, and improving the
whole, not just optimizing the parts. Divided into two half-hour training segments, Part 1 of the
lesson examines the current condition (or state) as we follow the toast-making process to understand
the material and information flows. They provide a template for marketing departments to use in
helping sales people do their jobs.
Many value stream leaders NEVER clean up a Current State Map into electronic format instead
choosing to always leave their Current State Maps in a permanent state of mess. Finally, the type of
the any can be defined as the metatable of the table containing the actual value. When doing so, it
becomes obvious that development value streams cross many boundaries.
Which is usually scheduled at the end of the first day of your (usually 3-day) value stream mapping
event. Finance is always a key stakeholder but this exercise at this point usually does not included
them...unless the process involves mapping a finance process (such as closing, payable process, or
setting a budget). The philosophy, which emphasizes continuous improvement, has been adopted by
many other industries outside manufacturing including healthcare and software development.
Another example of this model is a much larger company that shipped more than 100 high-tech
products; they employed about 600 people in development.
A value mapping tool has been developed before to assist in sustainable business modelling'
(see below). In 2014 we developed the proof of concept for the tool and 2015 we will be looking to
roll it out to key parts of the UK business and begin to develop its predictive capability. Value
mappings can be used in both the Zabbix frontend and notifications sent by email/SMS/jabber etc.
When creating your first value stream map, consider reviewing others' maps and techniques.
For the expert in value stream mapping, this book provides useful advice on how to embed VSM
within the management of an overall change effort. If you do VSM, you will sooner or later come to a
point when it will be difficult to represent the VSM using the existing symbols. Toyota engineers
used the just-in-time inventory practices of grocery stores as their inspiration for developing value
stream mapping.
So, if the stories of these two firms and the questions below resonate, you will be interested in the
two-day workshop we've developed in which you will be able to learn, un-learn or re-learn about the
fundamentals of value stream mapping. According to Isao Kato what we call value stream mapping
origins can be traced back to Allen Morgenstern who is considered the Father of Process Analysis
and Work Simplification.
Setting a current value stream map and a future state map side by side provides leaders with a
valuable, yet simple, method of demonstrating the need to eliminate waste in an organization. In this

study, the potential use of value mapping as a tool and process was explored, to encourage
sustainable business thinking. The reason there are no value stream maps in most Toyota plants is
very simple in hindsight. Once you've created a value stream map, you can publish it as a PDF or
embed it in a wiki, corporate website or blog.
Further, many of the critical requirements for the development value streams, including not just
functionality but also system and enterprise architecture, are driven directly by the operational
value streams. Waste in knowledge work occurs in the handoffs between team members; by
collectively identifying and visualizing these handoffs, teams have more control over how work flows
through the value stream. Its primary value streams are a website, which is made available to the
public for free, and courseware it sells to monetize the business. Most value stream maps follow the
production process from supplier to customer.
If you want a good book on value stream mapping then Learning to See' by Mike Rother and John
Shook is an excellent guide to producing current and future state maps. Theoretically, the perfect
state of a value stream or flowchart is to have 100% of the steps adding value. Value mapping
produced sales tools that enabled salespeople to feel they had the right to talk with senior-level
management. The following image shows how the Value Proposition is expected to relieve pain. This
map depicts an efficient, lean value stream that's more flexible and responsive to customer
demands.
We should adopt the same approach with Value Stream Mapping, before starting, decide why we are
doing it, who the map will be shown to and how to present it in a way that can be easily understood.
A value being displayed in a human-readable form is also easier to understand when receiving
notifications. Much like the FlowBreeze template designer for flowcharts , the value stream mapping
template generator lets you create re-usable Excel templates to speed up the process of making
diagrams. And the representation of an object is not complete until the Issuing Agency,
Identification Scheme and Value are known. When value stream mapping, it is necessary for two
maps created (possibly more).
He assists those companies, executives, managers, leaders and technical teams who appreciate the
business value of effective knowledge work, and want to evolve into healthier and more modern
organizational and cultural models, including Agile and Lean. Karen and Mike have put Value
Stream Mapping in its proper perspective as a methodology for getting high-performing teams to
see waste, share a future state vision, and build meaningful actions that are carried out with passion
and purpose. You can rename the default template in the same way as other elements in the
explorer.
Once you become comfortable with the approach then the entire process of mapping out a line of
business from user needs, removing duplication, removing bias, identifying strategic plays, break out
into methods and teams shouldn't take more than a day or two. Ensure that the changes you make
do add value and reduce time to market with your new features.
This workshop is different from others on a similar topics because of the systemic and humanistic
perspective is offers on the management of value inside an organizational ecosystem. While
the primary purpose of SAFe is providing guidance for the people who build the systems, Lean
systems builders first understand the ultimate flow of value so that they can build and optimize
systems to accelerate the end result.
Just like a road map helps you find your way through unknown territory, a value stream map guides
you through an unfamiliar process. Here in this document I have presented only the documents

related to one scenario i.e. sender service A to receiver service B. we could maintain similar
mapping rules w.r.t the service C as receiver and use them in the mapping while service A
communicates with service C. While a lot of value stream mapping focuses on raw materials and
products, electronic exchanges should also be examined because they can be the root of delays and
waste.
Map and they describe how it helps adding more detail to the Value Proposition that targets the
Customer Segment outlined above. First, the analyst must understand where in the organization that
value is created, because that is where the people, processes, and systems are. If you are not
already working in a lean environment, you can argue powerfully for adoption of lean practices by
presenting a value stream map demonstrating waste.
A Value Stream Map is made up of a three distinct looking parts: a process map, a corresponding
timeline and information flow. With keyboard shortcuts, interactive elements and intuitive design
options, Lucidchart cuts down on the time required to develop a comprehensive value stream map.
To do that, you refer to the name of a previously defined value map in the Show value field. The
hierarchy of value revealed by the customer value map can help identify who salespeople should be
talking to and what they should be looking for. Recall, this above example couple be an example of
value stream mapping of the CURRENT STATE.
Once you see the overall flow through the plant, you can change the level of magnification; zooming
in to map every individual step within a process category, or zooming out to encompass the value
stream external to your plant. For better performance, sequences of octets are mapped to a string
containing the character value corresponding to each octet of the sequence.
Lucidchart works with important productivity tools like Google Apps, Confluence, and JIRA to stay
up to speed with your busy schedule. Before we'd make improvements to one process as per the
most pressing issue of the day, but this would cause bottlenecks in other processesnot really
improving ultimate customer value. NB: In this example the MAU would normally be broken down in
to smaller processes.
They had diligently been applying Lean tools - and had adopted some good processes and early
successes with daily team meetings, structured problem solving and team working methods. Share
your value stream map in a variety of common graphics formats such as PDF, SVG, or export it to
any Office application in one click. Value Stream Mapping is about understanding a Value Stream
at a high level to uncover opportunities for improvement. In the larger IT shop, for example, value
may move across multiple departments and organizations and across many deployed systems.
Rather than turning this article into a mini-toolkit guide, we shall focus on value stream mapping in
more detail.
The most powerful insights are uncovered when real customers assist marketing and sales managers
in mapping value in their organizations. This helped us look at optimizing the whole value stream
instead of improving our sections, usually at the expense of the whole. Don't get me wrong: Value
stream mapping can be a crucial tool to document processes and eliminate waste. The way that I
normally do this is to start by aggregating maps, an example of which is given in figure 5. We were
faced with another change in our thinking and took a step back to learn about value stream maps.
A series of questions, such as those in Table 1, can help discover the value streams.
We still are not experts at value stream mapping, but we have experienced a nice boost to our
continuous improvement efforts. Value Stream Mapping is an outstanding guide for practitioners
engaged in the challenging work of improving the horizontal flow of value across organizations.

Sometimes these boxes are also shaded if they are shared with other value streams.
Here we use fixed value mapping between the GENDER element of the source to the GENDER
element of the target, value mapping with senderservice as issuing agency for the mapping of
GRADE element to TRAVEL element of the target and value mapping with some arbitrary string as
issuing agency for mapping of GRADE element to DESIGNATION element of the target.
As a result, it's quite possible that no one really understands the complete series of events necessary
to continually develop and enhance the systems that help deliver the value. Add Software
Development and you will come up with some example drawings that are more applicable to your
needs. The first part of mapping is to improve situational awareness i.e. it's useful to have some in
the first place. The example below, shows an alternative implementation for a servant with interface
Hello. SAFETY stock is inventory purposely placed into the value stream to protect against customer
variation.
The third part of mapping is to decide to do something, the strategic play, how we're going to do it,
how we're going to organise it. The last bit - evaluate - is usually to create those evaluation artefacts
(SWOTs, BMC) that others seem to sometimes require in order to bring them along. This
crossfunctional approach means that the choice of tools to be used can be made from outside of
traditional departmental boundaries, affording researchers and companies the opportunity to use
the most appropriate tools rather than merely those that are wellknown in their function.
The following figure shows a mapping from FlattenedCatalog schema to CategorizedCatalog
schema. A Value Stream Mapping Template Generator, that lets you kickstart VSM diagrams
preloaded with common symbols. Each new system is fairly custom, so the value streams are
triggered by an order for a new adventure ride. The values of these parameters are in the same
relative order as in the IDL definition.
Understanding the actual flow of value in an enterprise is a challenge that can only be addressed in
the specific business context. A template is created by matching objects in the hierarchies according
to their positions in their subtrees with their corresponding transformation offsets. Moreover, the
company found that reasoning the flow of value in each value stream gave them the insights they
needed for accurate delivery. Use this to map the source element to target value and maintain the
table with entries by clicking the function to consider key values as source and value as target.
Together with Alan Smith, #bmgen designer and co-founder of my software business, we mapped
out the Customer Segments and Value Propositions for our upcoming Web App. The technique used
in the workbook simply measures the overall manufacturing lead-time versus production value add
time. Since the material and information flow is represented in symbols, we need different symbols
to show the flow. Any team can enjoy the improved productivity and collaboration that mapping your
process can provide.
It is not just process mapping, but an attempt to understand the whole flow of the process with a
view to understanding how the process parameters can be changed to achieve the type of
improvement we are interested in. Value stream mapping is integral to process improvement. They
consider themselves a single value stream but organize development around six ARTs, as shown in
Figure 7. Our VSM software offers advanced features you can use to tackle the most difficult value
stream mapping projects. As this example demonstrates, lean loses its effectiveness when its values
are incompatible with those prevailing in an organization.
In this case, while the enterprise value stream includes all the operations people involved in

preparing, editing, normalizing, and mastering the data, the ARTs consist only of the development
teams and supporting roles. Soon, you'll be integrating your value stream maps into your workflows
more seamlessly than ever before. By helping you design how the whole door-to-door flow should
operate-a missing piece in so many lean efforts-value stream maps become a blueprint for lean
implementation. Once you have entered rules in the Value Map property editor, you can check their
validity by clicking the Validate button.
This means when mapping the Service Manager object to the BDM object, if the value of field
initial.impact of the Service Manager object is 2, the value 2 will be mapped to site-dept for the field
impact_scope of the BDM object, and vice versa. The specialists had mapped close to one hundred
value streams in their organisation but had never created a future state - instead using their
mapping activities to get the low hanging fruit. To your Executive Steering Committee and everyone
else identified in your Change Management Planning template.
However, it's enough for the moment to simply understand the basics of WHERE and WHY through
the Fool's mate example. In this case, they have two value streams: One is the vehicle and the
Supplier-provided track, and the other is the ride management system. For this to yield the best
business results, however, a clear and shared understanding of what value means is required among
all stakeholders involved in your software initiative, so that we can make the best use of the
available time and money to generate the desired business outcome. Now, map a flattened
FlattenedCatalog message into a flattened CategorizedCatalog message using Value Mapping and
Scripting functoids.
In that article I was introduced to a new concept - Value Stream Mapping This post won't do that
topic enough justice but should get your mind moving in the right direction. If you are going to
invest in a powerful tool such as value stream mapping and you want a positive return on your
investment, then new process measures are required. How does Value Stream Mapping by Karen
Martin & Mike Osterling joins the ranks of the best books on mapping and transforming value
streams (material and information flow processes across the enterprise).
BMGI's Value Stream Mapping and Opportunity Assessment course enables you to cut through the
complexity of any process to definitively and comprehensively identify the true problems that are
hindering better performance. Value Stream Mapping by Karen Martin & Mike Osterling is the
missing piece that will help me go from how-to-map to how-to-be-more-successful in helping with the
continuous improvement efforts in my organization. If there is no value stream map and an
associated tracking center, then the company is not pursuing true Lean manufacturing. Therefore
combining them into one value stream, framework and courseware, didn't seem helpful.
Traditional lean software tools allow you to draw a value stream map, SIMUL8 adds simulation to
make your value stream map live so that you can really understand the dynamics in your process to
identify waste elimination opportunities. Customer value does not stop with steel or plastic or
silicon, with specifications, functional requirements, or even with an RFP. Lead time (LT): The time
it takes for a patient to move all the way through a process or value stream.
Sometimes these are the same, as when a solution provider develops a product for sale and feeds
distribution directly (example: a small SaaS company). The first screenshot simply illustrates how I
started to map out look these up a business model, notably by adding sticky notes to the Customer
Segment and Value Proposition part of the Business Model Canvas. The book starts with defining
what value streams are and why we need to map them.
A value stream is a long-lived series of steps used to deliver value, from concept or customer

order to delivery of a tangible result for the Customer. The following value stream mapping shapes
include the basic process, supplier, control, shipment, push, information and data table shapes. Once
you have created a value-mapping template, you can use the Value Map property editor to add, edit,
and delete rules.
Now, map a non-flattened Catalog message into the flattened FlattenedCatalog message using Value
Mapping (Flattening) and Logical functoids. You can automatically create a template that contains
the offsets of the current transformation values between two objects or you can create an empty
value-mapping template and then add rules manually. You will find all symbols you can imagine for
office and production value stream mapping.
Automate value stream analysis while simplifying and standardizing key value stream assessment
measures. Finally, value stream maps helped us all agree on our current state and what our future
state vision looks like. The value stream map shows both the flow of the physical product being
processed and the flow of information governing the ordering, scheduling and production of the
item. Note: To create a Value Stream Map you must have Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
installed. However, each product still delivered its individual end-user value and was budgeted
appropriately.
Interestingly, both firms were struggling with similar issues (at different ends of the experience
spectrum.) The beginners hadn't defined the key processes that deliver value to the customer apparently this was too difficult for them to do as their business is so complex that the concept of a
value stream doesn't apply to them. Can be useful, but is little known and I have not yet seen it in a
real value stream.
Value stream mapping is the missing link in business management and, properly executed, has the
power to address many business woes. In SAFe, organizing around value is accomplished by first
understanding the value streams, and then organizing SAFe Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to realize
them. A Value Stream is the series of events that take a product or service from its beginning
through to the customer, and the value stream map is a diagrammatic representation of that series
of events showing the main physical features.
The information flow further explains the interaction and activity between the stations of your value
chain. Mapping out the activities in the manufacturing process with cycle times, down times, inprocess inventory, material moves, information flow paths, helps to visualize the current state of the
process activities and guides towards the future desired state. Having 50 things in progress doesn't
add as much value as shipping one new thing to your customers. Value stream mapping is often used
to discover processes that could be streamlined and areas of waste that could be eliminated in
keeping with Toyota's kaizen philosophy.
Value Stream Mapping is well worth picking up. It's a straightforward user's guide to constructing
current-state and designing future-state value stream maps that help you visualize and improve your
efforts to flow value to your customer. The following code shows an input instance message in which
pairs of names and values are assigned to Name and Value attributes.
While value stream mapping can be an effective process improvement tool, the cost to use it can be
high. In this case, while there are two fairly different value streams, they can be accomplished
with a single ART, as is illustrated in Figure 5. Development value streams show the steps used to
develop new products, systems, or services capabilities. Value Stream Mapping can be a
communication tool, a business planning tool, and a tool to manage your change process.

In order to understand an environment we therefore need to somehow capture this aspect of change
and combine it with our value chain. See Renaming Scene Elements in the Explorer Interface and
Tools You'll find it in the model's Mixer > Templates > Value Mapping folder. The value stream map
can also be used in DfSS/DfX and DMAIC projects and is one of the key tools in supply chain
management. This brief background gives SAFe its primary impetus in organizing development
Portfolios around flows of value called Value Streams. If you have yet to use value stream maps on
your lean journey, don't just dismiss them as an optional step.