13 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Mapping Their Value Streams
Value stream mapping is not working!
You’ve invested time and resources into developing a VSM only to find out that your efforts are not up to expectations.
Your team is frustrated.
Your processes are still inefficient.
And your customers and stakeholders are not seeing the value they aimed for.
Value stream mapping is a leadership activity that can transform your operations performance when done right.
Here’re 13 mistakes I see everyone commits when mapping their value streams:
Avoid these pitfalls to make your value stream mapping efforts truly worthwhile and drive lasting improvements in your organization.
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Mohammad Elshahat
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I partner with ambitious startups and growing SMEs to bring their fulfilment engine in line with their growth, create scalable systems and processes that fulfil the orders and drive profitability.
6 个月Do it with the beginners mind
Manufacturing Business Transformation
6 个月Please elaborate on #2 Value Streams / Processes.
Improving the #tangledenvironment, Author
6 个月Mohammad Elshahat, good list, and I would add: lack of ownership, failing to sort out the office politics and to get commitment upfront , especially in the #tangledenvironment where the product hides in information systems and multiple stakeholders contribute to the transformation of the product.
Agile Business Leader || Mentor to 24 Associate's and 2 CEOs || Building high-performing teams || Helping businesses identify and fix gaps to unlock 3X profits and sustainability.
6 个月An additional mistake we make is Insufficient data collection. Inaccurate or incomplete data collection can lead to incorrect assumptions and ill-advised improvements. Recognizing these errors allows us to navigate through the Value Stream Mapping (VSM) process with greater efficiency, leading to the optimization of our value.