Applying Lean Thinking: Systems and Value Streams - Softcover

Lewis, Jim; Irwin, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1976900131 ISBN 13: 9781976900136

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

Synopsis

If you have heard about Value Streams, but aren't sure how they apply to your business, this booklet will help you understand how to recognize all of the interdependent parts of Value Streams and how they can help you maximize your existing resources. Everything we do and everything we interact with are individual steps in processes that are part of larger systems. Understanding how to see and identify Waste within each step is important, but you will realize the most effective and productive business transformation when the entire sequence of steps is improved. In addition to identifying each step in a process, it’s important to see the relationship between a step and how it impacts the entire process. We call this sequence of steps a Value Stream. This booklet rolls processes, systems, and Value Streams into one easy to understand process itself. In case you aren't familiar with Systems-Thinking, Systems-Thinking is a way of understanding reality that emphasizes the relationships among a system's parts, rather than the parts themselves. Analyzing processes that constitute Value Streams is also about understanding relationships between all of the interdependent activities within a stream of value-adding steps. There are a number of ways to analyze the interdependencies of processes and process steps and we will introduce you to the more widely used ways through links to a variety of additional resources. Learn how to analyze the interdependencies that exist in your company so you can maximize your existing resources.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1976900131
• ISBN 13: 9781976900136
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 26
• Illustrator: Blackburn Jason, Gleason Katie Zaske