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Value-stream mapping

Value-stream mapping, also known as material- and information-flow mapping, is a lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from the beginning of the specific process until it reaches the customer. A value stream map is a visual tool that displays all…

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Identifying waste

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Value-stream mapping

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples24
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Value-stream mapping

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has method · 10
Value-stream mapping → Decision, Forrester, Hines, Physical, Process, Production, Quality, Rich, Supply, These
related to External links · 6
Value-stream mapping → Lean Enterprise Institute, Lexicon, Media, Value, Wikimedia CommonsValue-stream, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
has application · 2
Value-stream mapping → Although, Value-stream
related to Purpose · 2
Value-stream mapping → The, Waste
is a · 1
Value-stream mapping → recognised method used as part of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.Value-stream mapping analyzes both material

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value stream process mapping waste value-stream chain map product business lean supply referred current flow activities also previously state future

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Value-stream mappingis arecognised method used as part of Lean Six Sigma methodologies.Value-stream mapping analyzes both material0.90text
picking up objectsinstance ofergonomic waste that requires employees to use excess energy0.80text
bendinginstance ofergonomic waste that requires employees to use excess energy0.80text
or stretchinginstance ofergonomic waste that requires employees to use excess energy0.80text
Value-stream mappinghas applicationValue-stream0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas applicationAlthough0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodHines0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodRich0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodThese0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodProcess0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodSupply0.60section
Value-stream mappinghas methodProduction0.60section

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