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A key focus of any Lean Six Sigma improvement is to identify and remove waste to improve the flow of value to the customer. Value stream mapping is an essential technique used to depict an at-a-glance ...

Value Stream Maps (VSM) are a powerful tool used in lean manufacturing and other business processes to visualize and analyze the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or ...