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 :)

[@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!

[@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.