Process mapping is a valuable tool for individuals and businesses aiming to enhance efficiency, streamline workflows, and maintain operational continuity. By visually representing workflows, you can ...

Business process mapping is the strategic analysis of identifying and creating a visual depiction of the process flow of various areas of an organization. For example, the supply chain cycle is an ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

Process mapping is a vital technique for visualizing and understanding business processes. It allows you to outline each step involved in a workflow, effectively transforming the invisible into the ...

We’ve seen many value stream maps (VSM) over the past 20 years, as it has become a common tool. In some companies it’s a first requirement before a lean effort begins. In other companies, value stream ...

A process map is essentially a breakdown of a process to determine how it flows and, ultimately, how effective it is. Those who complete process mapping look closely at elements such as the structure ...

Kevin Curtis inherited a problem that had been hanging around for years. 1 Psychiatric patients in the emergency department were waiting too long for a bed at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute ...

"Process mapping on steroids." That's how John Dyer used to describe value stream mapping back when VSM was just beginning to assert itself as a new continuous improvement tool and process mapping was ...

A flow chart, or flow diagram, is a graphical representation of a process or system that details the sequencing of steps required to create output. A typical flow chart uses a set of basic symbols to ...