How to Use Process & Value Stream Maps (for MAXIMUM Benefit)

[@christopherwood3643]

The Goat is back!

[@learnkaizen]

Gotta pin this one. 🙏

[@gordon_bradley]

Thanks for this video. These short videos really help keep me refreshed on critical concepts.

[@learnkaizen]

You’re welcome!

[@snobgoblinDK]

Great information, nice for a brush up! Really helped with the examples too :)

[@Britcj03]

Trying to reduce waste in a company that buys and sells properties (trading). How would I apply this if there are different processes depending on thow they sell and how they have acquired their leads?

[@learnkaizen]

I would need more information to really help on this one…but I’ll try to provide some ideas based on what you’ve presented and my past experience. First, Figure out commonalities and bucket those together. For example: the different processes you mentioned based on how they sale and acquire leads. Determine the longest process based on steps to complete. Most of the other processes will require some of the same steps to complete - not 100% of the same steps but many. Figure out which processes flow the same or very close to the same. Focus your energy on the top 80% of the processes that have the same flow. Don’t worry about the other 20%. Remove wastes from the 80%. Please understand, it’s quite difficult to explain this in a KZbin comment but take what I’ve written and research: PQPR which stands for part quantity and process routing. You should come to a resolution…let me know how it goes!

[@GeonQuuin]

Hi Chad, i have a question regarding VSM: how do you perform a VSM in a low volume, high variation environment? I work in the MRO field in aerospace. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

[@learnkaizen]

Great question…this is sort of like a job shop…when I did VSM for aerospace, I used PQPR and the 80/20 rule…I also incorporated finite capacity scheduling and actually built out a planning board. It’s kind of like a Gantt Chart for the jobs…the planning board was enormous and was meant to be a pilot to test out the tool. It worked…phase two was to purchase software to help…hope this helps.

[@GeonQuuin]

@@learnkaizen these are great insights, thanks! I'll be sure to utilize them At our next VSM event. What we ended up doing was use historical data and do a Pareto of the repairs. We used that to create a dummy traveler to sequence the operations through our system and used that as the basis for the flow of our VSM. I did a lot of data analytics ahead of time so we were able to fill in the blanks as we built the VSM. I think doing a PQPR and a FCS is a great idea if we want to do a VSM for the entire facility, not just for a specific product.

[@learnkaizen]

Sounds like you’re headed in the right direction. Jump into that PQPR and look for commonalities between: process steps and CT. Then use the 80/20 principle whereby you plan for the products or SKUs that go through the same processes with similar cycle times. The other 20% will work itself out because you’ll be so efficient with the 80%…I use this all the time and it works!

[@TheMonroemomma]

I'm enjoying this video lesson, but I'm distracted by your blended accent. American midwestern and Australian?

[@learnkaizen]

Apologies for the distraction. I’ve been asked about my accent many times and not sure why it comes across Australian (which I’ve been told) - some people have said British, Southern, etc…I’m southern…born and bred! I’ve never heard that my accent was distracting but there’s a first for everything! I hope it doesn’t distract you from watching and while I love continuous improvement, at almost 50 years of age, I don’t think I can improve much on the accent…it’s here to stay I’m afraid! 🙂 Appreciate the comment!

[@lauram6614]

you talk sooooo fast ^^

[@learnkaizen]

I’ve heard that before and constantly work on it. Thank you for mentioning it because I need to keep improving. When I teach, I tend to speak fast. When I give a speech, I talk at the right speed. I need to pretend I’m giving a speech when I’m teaching…thanks again! 🙏

[@lauram6614]

@@learnkaizen thank you for your response. I talk too fast as well when I teach. As a student watching your videos i thought i put it on 1.4 speed - is it because you want the videos to be shorter?

[@learnkaizen]

@lauram6614 no…I get passionate and excited. Psychologically it may be because I’ve heard that I need to keep people constantly engaged on the KZbin platform. I’ll slow it down but please call me out on it if you hear me speed talking in future videos.