Prozanta Operations Template

Value Stream Mapping

Map your value stream and identify improvement opportunities

What is VSM?

Value Stream Mapping is a lean method for visualising every step in a process — from start to finish. It reveals where value is created, and where waste is hiding.

Purpose

To create a shared picture of the current state, identify bottlenecks and waste, and design an improved future state.

The 8 types of waste (TIMWOODS)

Transport

Unnecessary movement

Inventory

Excess stock

Motion

Unnecessary motion

Waiting

Waiting time

Overproduction

Too much, too early

Overprocessing

Unnecessary steps

Defects

Errors and rework

Skills

Untapped talent

The process

Choose a process

Go to the Gemba

Draw the current state

Analyse

Design the future

Implement

VSM symbol library

Standard symbols for value stream mapping

Process

Process step

A work step in the process

Shared process

Process shared between units

Customer/Supplier

External party

Material

▽

Inventory

Buffer or stock

⊞

Supermarket

Controlled stock

→→

FIFO lane

First-in-first-out

Information

→

Manual info

Paper, verbal

⚡

Electronic

System, EDI

💥

Kaizen burst

Improvement opportunity

Data box

Under each process step, note the key figures:

C/T

Cycle time

C/O

Changeover time

Uptime

Availability

FTY

First Time Yield (share without rework)

Current state

Process: Date: Team:

CUSTOMER

Demand: /day

SUPPLIER

Lead time:

PRODUCTION CONTROL

▽ pcs

Step 1

C/T:

C/O:

▽ pcs

Step 2

C/T:

C/O:

▽ pcs

Step 3

C/T:

C/O:

▽ pcs

Step 4

C/T:

C/O:

▽ pcs

Step 5

C/T:

C/O:

LT: LT: LT: LT: LT:

Total lead time:

Value-adding time:

PCE (Process Cycle Efficiency):

PCE = value-adding time ÷ total lead time × 100%. World class ≥ 25%.

Future state

Process: Target:

Draw your future state here

Include improvements marked with Kaizen bursts

Action plan

Action	Owner	Deadline	Status

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