Before making a flowchart, complete Value Stream Mapping (VSM) 【Toyota Production System】

This episode's theme is the Value Stream Mapping that Toyota Production System created. You may think of using a flowchart to describe your workflow graphically. However, a flowchart isn't suitable for grasping and analyzing current situations. Since it's too detailed, you cannot see the big picture of the process. The best method for the current situation analysis is the Value Stream Map (VSM). The true name that Toyota calls it in Japanese is “Object and information flow diagram”. This VSM is very useful when you conduct the Lean Six Sigma version of 8 Wastes (Toyota's version has 7 Wastes) analysis and the Value-added/Non-value-added analysis. However, you should not write the VSM right away. A good tip is to conduct a SIPOC analysis for the target workflow first in order to write a VSM quickly and easily. This video introduces the SIPOC analysis as well.
(Process Improvement Methodology for Service Operations, PMP, Project Management, Lean Six Sigma Japan, Six Sigma, Excel, VBA: Episode 16)

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