2-Day
Value Stream
Mapping Workshop

Do you want to streamline your processes and make your organisation more efficient?

Value stream mapping (VSM) is a powerful tool used in lean and Six Sigma strategies. It allows you to visualise and understand the flow of materials and information required to deliver a product or service to your customers.

How can value stream mapping help you?

A value stream is all the activities needed to take your product or service from raw material to your customers.

So, by identifying and eliminating waste, optimising processes, and creating more efficient workflows, you can improve quality, reduce lead times, increase customer satisfaction and enhance overall productivity.

Course overview

During our 2-Day Value Stream Mapping Workshop, we’ll help you create a current-state and future-state map. This will allow you to identify waste and aim for a target of how material and information should flow through your value stream.

You’ll learn:

  • The principles of value stream mapping and its origins
  • How to choose the product or service to map using the product/process matrix
  • The importance of gathering data and how to identify the right unit of measure
  • How to capture the improvements and ‘kaizen bursts’
  • How to prioritise opportunities

  • How to create a future-state map using the principles of takt time, and flow and pull

  • How to create effective action plans that set out a pace for implementation and a governance process

Who is the 2-Day Value Stream Mapping Workshop for?

Whether you’re in manufacturing, services or any other industry, the training will give you the knowledge and skills to effectively use VSM.

The workshop is ideal for:

  • Operations managers
  • Process improvement specialists
  • Lean practitioners
  • Supply chain managers
  • Quality assurance professionals
  • Anyone interested in streamlining processes

How our VSM training delivers a return on investment

Our value stream mapping sessions deliver tangible results for our clients, such as:

  • Reduced lead times from 7 weeks to 48 hours
  • Reduced lead times from 13 days to 72 hours
  • Improved on-time in-full (OTIF) from 86% to 99%
  • Improved right first time (RFT) from 78% to around 95%
  • Combined three service streams into one efficient and accurate service-delivery process

Our clients say…

“The changes we are now making in the business are like no other we have experienced in our long history.”
Site General Manager, manufacturing
“The results of the VSM activity have exceeded my expectations. The engagement of the team and the way they unpicked the process, highlighting the opportunities was extremely powerful.”
“We pride ourselves on service delivery and we now have a fantastic opportunity to cement our position as number one in the marketplace.”
CEO, service delivery business

“Delivering the future state will not only increase our profitability but, and most importantly, be felt quickly and positively by our customers.”

What’s included in the course price?

  • Access to globally recognised lean coaches

  • Entry-level knowledge that offers a grounding if you choose to progress to Lean Competency System certification at Levels 1a, 1b and 1c

  • Electronic versions of all training materials, including worksheets that you can use in your business
  • Additional reading books that accompany the course
  • Optional ongoing coaching support during post-workshop project work

Pricing

£749 + VAT per delegate (contact us for details of discounts for multiple participants and our payment plans).

Location

The workshop is most effective when delivered face-to-face at your premises or a location of your choice. But it can be delivered online if you prefer. We also run open training sessions at locations around the UK.

Book this workshop or find out more

Complete the enquiry form and we’ll get in touch to set up a free, no-obligation call.


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