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Value Stream Analysis
What Question(s) Does the Tool or Technique Answer?
Where is value being added in the process? Conversely, where does waste exist in the process?
A Value Stream analysis helps you to
• Identify the value-add and non-value-add activities in a process and discover improvement and/or redesign opportunities
• Analyze where waste occurs in a process and develop a strategy to improve the process flow by eliminating the waste
• Make the processes work for you, instead of you working for your processes
Alternative Names and Variations
Variations on the tool include
• Process map (See Also “Process Map (or Flowchart)—7QC Tool,” p. 522)
• Value Stream map
When Best to Use the Tool or Technique
When analyzing a current process, use ...
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