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VSM +

the Improvement Kata

 

A Practical Way to Practice

Strategy Deployment


Learning to See (which I co-authored with John Shook and Jim Womack), is the

instruction manual for a great tool:  Value Stream Mapping (VSM).  We've not found another tool that works as well for analyzing and designing flows at the system level.


A future-state map is a good way to define the direction, or

challenge, in which process-level improvement efforts should

move.  Click through the three presentations below to learn

more about using VSM + the Improvement Kata to connect

daily process improvement with organization strategy.

A Proven Approach for Aligning & Connecting

Example from a U.S. Company