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Value-stream-mapping software is a type of
software Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists ...
that helps prepare and/or analyze value stream maps. The software typically helps design maps through utilizing a series of symbols representing activity and information/material flow, and as a supplement to manual calculations


Details of VSM software

There are various types of value-stream-mapping software, these include those that can be used to simply design and construct the maps to software that can carry out calculations and perform detailed analysis. Typically, the software is available as either enhancements to already available programs or standalone products specifically designed for
value-stream mapping Value-stream mapping, also known as "material- and information-flow mapping", is a lean-management method for analyzing the current state and designing a future state for the series of events that take a product or service from the beginning of ...
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Benefits of using software

While value-stream maps are not overly difficult to construct, utilizing software can help speed up the process and simplify calculations that help make up a completed map. (These calculations include elements such as takt time, inventory, and value-add time). Further enhancements often include tools that can analyze the current process and facilitate future state maps (with the provision of "what if" and scenario modelling). Such tools also make it easier to engage the extended team (management, suppliers, finance, etc.) through more accurate, clearer presentation of the current state.


Drawbacks to using software

Some lean practitioners claim that hand drawn maps are of more benefit describing value-stream mapping as a pencil and paper activity. Others state that the most valuable part of a value-stream-mapping activity are the maps themselves and whilst software can be used for documenting the findings it shouldn't detract from the process.Improving the Extended Value Stream: Lean for the Entire Supply Chain by Darren Dolcemascolo


See also

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Lean manufacturing Lean manufacturing is a production method aimed primarily at reducing times within the production system as well as response times from suppliers and to customers. It is closely related to another concept called just-in-time manufacturing ( ...
* Six sigma


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