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Top Line Growth Eureka! Winning Ways New Sales New Customers & Markets New Products & Services Process Improvement Lean Quality Environmental Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Benefits of Working with MEP Accelerate Program Supply Chain Successes Business Operations Workforce Systems & Management Local Events Find Your MEP Center Contact Us MEP Homepage	Manufacturers Lean - Value Stream Mapping Setup Reduction \| Total Productive Maintenance \| Value Stream Mapping \| Cellular/Flow Manufacturing \| 5S System \| Pull Systems/Kanban \| Kaizen Blitz Stop Searching for the Wrong Problem - Learn to See Where Value Truly Is! What is Value Stream Mapping? Value Stream Mapping is a tool used to create a material and information flow map of a product or processes. This powerful tool allows companies to map the flow of products in the back door as raw material, through all manufacturing process steps, and off the loading dock as finished product. This is the Value Stream. You begin the journey with the current state map - it shows you where you are. Then, you plan your lean journey with a future state map - it shows you where you're going and how you're going to get there. based on your Value Stream Map, you can streamline work processes, thereby cutting lead times and reducing operating costs. Benefits "See the flow" of your value stream and wastes in the flow View all products from a system perspective Draw both material and information flows of your value stream Draw a blueprint for lean transformation - the Future State Prioritize activities needed to achieve the Future State Successes An industrial machinery and equipment company used Value Stream Mapping to plan their lean transformation. Their lean initiative so far has managed to reduce operating overhead costs 25%, increase throughput 50% and save a projected $32,000 in paperwork each year. A fabricated metals products company implemented lean and Value Stream Mapping and was quickly able to identify and eliminate wastes that have already reduced scheduling, purchasing and supervisory time. They expect even more results as they implement lean company-wide. Course Description: LE202 - One Day Workshop: Value Stream Mapping Value Stream Mapping is one in a series of lean courses MEP offers. During this workshop you use the powerful Value Stream Mapping (VSM) tool to create a current state map for Acme Stamping, a real-world firm featured in a detailed case study. Use the VSM icons and learn the common language of lean as you draw your current state map for Acme. Next, you analyze Acme's current state, find the non-value added activities and then draw a future state map for Acme that eliminates those activities. You also develop a plan for attacking those non-value added activities.	Lean Results "I am really proud of just how this organization has embraced the Lean concept provided by MEP’s Idaho TechHelp and gone to the levels they have in taking the opportunity to implement the program where possible. What is truly exciting to me is that the Lean concept empowers each individual in the organization with the ability to make a difference toward the goal of process improvement. This concept fits so well with this organization in that we have set a standard that each individual can truly make a difference in how we go to market with the goods and services we provide." Edward W. Hawkins, Jr., CEO Litehouse, Inc. Sandpoint, Idaho Read More + "The things we learned from Lean and MEP’s Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership have really helped us become more of a team." Bill Vogel, President Vogel Wood Products Corporation Monona, WI Read More + "After some basic lean training by the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the group used Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen events and reworked our entire work flow process. Our corporate offices in Arizona and California have now begun the same Lean transformation process due to the success in Florida." Jeff Rosen, Director Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics Orlando, FL Read More + "I've been very pleased with the assistance we have received from Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center. Our teams have gained a great deal of confidence in their understanding of lean concepts. This education, and the buy-in that has followed from our team members, has provided us with the ability to implement the lean principles that have helped us remain competitive and profitable in our industry." Rick Crane, Operations Director National Wheel-O-Vator Co., Inc. Roanoke, VA Read More + "The Puerto Rico Manufacturing Extension Inc. provided the expertise and resources required to achieve a successful implementation of Lean Manufacturing practices in our operation." Victor Balaguer, Plant Manager GE Sensing Añasco, Puerto Rico Read More +

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