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Process Mapping

Pam Vecellio • Apr 26, 2021
Process mapping

If you would like to understand what really happens on the job, documenting the real sequential flow of work provides great insight to individuals and teams. There are different methods to writing, or mapping, a process; high level maps to identify gaps and opportunities, and transactional step by step level maps to identify defects, bottlenecks, and other wastes. This “Process Mapping” course teaches process mapping at different levels of details and how to analyze your process map for value and waste. 
This course is part of Continuous Improvement Green Belt, aka CI Project Leader. 

Goal of Process Mapping:

To develop additional knowledge and skills in documenting and analyzing work processes and activities. Education and classroom practice is focused on the process mapping methods (Value Stream Mapping, Sub Process Mapping, Information Circles) and analyzing the value and waste of the work process.

Benefits:

  • Understanding the concept of mapping levels and different types of maps.
  • Applying the approach and template for creating an effective value stream map, an effective sub-process map.
  • Understanding how to perform a waste analysis on the process and prioritizing opportunities.
  • Identifying the value, waste, and improvement opportunities in a work process so that improvements efforts are more focused on high impactful wasteful activities.

Agenda: 

8 hours of training and templates, with application.

  1. What is Process Mapping
  2. Value Stream Mapping
  3. Information circles, spaghetti diagrams 
  4. Sub Process Mapping
  5. Waste / Value Analysis 
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