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Value Stream Management for Organizational Alignment
Aligning every function of a plant towards delivering customer value is essential, for achieving operational excellence. This post explores how one manufacturing plant reorganized its...

Published: 2024-11-19

Balancing an Assembly Line as part of Strategic Goals
Welcome to our 'Lean in Action' series, where we bring you real stories from the field about the transformative power of value stream mapping (VSM). While we’ve taken care to keep...

Published: 2024-11-19

Using  VSM and Lean Tools to Increase Production Capacity
Welcome to our 'Lean in Action' series, where we bring you real stories from the field about the transformative power of value stream mapping (VSM). While we’ve taken care to keep...

Published: 2024-11-05

Value Stream Mapping and A3 Methodology Drive Efficiency in Assembly Lines
Welcome to our 'Lean in Action' series, where we bring you real stories from the field about the transformative power of value stream mapping (VSM). While we’ve taken care to keep...

Published: 2024-11-05

Value stream mapping with Visio and eVSM
It's a common question: can you use Visio for value stream mapping? Let's take a look.Value stream mapping with Visio and eVSMWhen it comes to value stream mapping (VSM), you might think of...

Published: 2024-10-31

What is "Value" in Value Stream Mapping?
Massimo ZucchelliHow to Define Value in VSMIn creating a value stream map of a manufacturing or service process, it is critical to define who is the customer of that process is and what is...

Published: 2024-10-28

Reflecting Dual Supplier Strategies on a Value Stream Map in Times of Supply Network Instability
Over the past few years we've seen supply chain instability become a constant challenge for many industries. There have been global disruptions, unpredictable delays, and shifting demands....

Published: 2024-10-22

Pharma Manufacturing: Sterility and Cleanroom Protocols in Value Stream Mapping
The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry rightly includes some mandatory sterility and cleanroom requirements. These are stringent requirements, and it makes sense: the potential risks are...

Published: 2024-10-21

Value Stream Mapping Software for Supply Networks and other Complex Manufacturing Environments
We're in a globalized market. Supply chain complexity is at an all-time high. Companies must manage multi-tier supplier relationships, balance production across various locations, and...

Published: 2024-10-18

Value Stream Mapping and Inventory Management
The Hidden Costs of Increasing Inventory: Why More Stock Isn’t the SolutionIn many manufacturing environments, increasing inventory can seem like a quick fix to production challenges....

Published: 2024-10-15

Mixed Model Value Stream Mapping for VSMs with Shared Resources and Product Variants
Mastering Complexity with Mixed Model Value Stream Mapping (MMVSM)Production lines are expected to handle multiple product variants. They need to meet tight schedules and fluctuating...

Published: 2024-10-14

Value stream mapping and line balancing
With our work with some of the biggest names in manufacturing, (we name-drop here), line balancing is a very common need we come across. This is a key concept in both lean...

Published: 2024-10-09

Value stream mapping related to other charts and tools
If you’re new to value stream mapping and Lean methodologies, you can find yourself wondering which tools you’ll be using often, which ones are not related at all, and which ones are...

Published: 2024-10-07

Launching a New Line with Digital Value Stream Maps: A Case Study on Achieving Balance and Efficiency
In today's competitive manufacturing environment, companies are constantly looking for ways to streamline processes, reduce waste, and optimize resource utilization. One effective strategy...

Published: 2024-10-04

Six Sigma and Value Stream Mapping: Similarities and Differences
Six Sigma and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) are both methodologies aimed at improving processes and increasing efficiency, but they differ in their focus and techniques. However, they can...

Published: 2024-10-01

Using Lean Charts to Optimize Value Stream Mapping
For more than 20 years, we’ve helped manufacturers to get waste out of their processes. And while it can seem complicated, it’s something that we have gotten very, very good at!!To stay...

Published: 2024-09-24

Are floor plans and value stream mapping related?
Floor plans and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) can be related in specific contexts, especially when analyzing the physical layout and flow of materials, people, or information in a production...

Published: 2024-09-18

Introduction to Value Stream Mapping: A Beginner’s Guide
Introduction to Value Stream MappingValue stream mapping (VSM) is a powerful tool used to visualize and analyze the steps involved in delivering a product or service. By mapping out each...

Published: 2024-09-10

Secrets to Success in Transformation - Webinar w/John Gaul
Welcome to Secrets to Success in Transformation, sponsored by eVSM and partnering with John Gaul - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt President of Sum It Ascent LLC.I worked in manufacturing...

Published: 2024-07-17

Leveraging Lean Charts on Your Value Stream Maps
Lets delve into the transformative world of lean charts for lead time, capacity and resource balance.  Through this presentation, we'll guide you on how leadership teams can...

Published: 2023-08-28

Line Balancing with Digital VSM
 This blog is based on a live webinar given by our guest presenter, Nancy Such on Line balancing     You can see Nancy's lean background above. She is an...

Published: 2023-03-16

Simplifying VSM's for Mixed Model Production
Most production lines make product variants with different demands, cycle times and routings through shared equipment and staff resources. Being able to handle multiple products with these...

Published: 2022-08-10

Improving Tire Production with Lean and eVSM
 The tire industry (or tire outside the US) is highly competitive. Continuous improvement efforts are underway at all tire manufacturers to reduce production costs. Lean is a common...

Published: 2022-03-11

Learning To See - Practical What-ifs with eVSM Mix
  The book "Learning To See" (Rother & Shook) published a couple of decades ago is a fantastic intro to the value stream mapping process and its fit within the lean...

Published: 2021-08-16

Environmental Life Cycle Mapping with eVSM Mix LCA
  We are excited to announce a new capability for sustainability mapping with eVSM Mix LCA. This product is at beta release stage. We will introduce the capability via an...

Published: 2021-06-10

A Value Stream Model To Improve Your Recruitment Process
The Talent acquisition (or recruiting) value stream is crucial to organizations and needs to fill in vacancies with qualified staff in an efficient and timely way. This blog develops a...

Published: 2021-04-15