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Value Stream Mapping

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Mike Rother & John ShookLearning to See, 1998

A pencil-and-paper visualisation of every step of material and information flow from order to delivery, used to design a leaner future state.

Womack & JonesLean Thinking, 1996

Mapping the entire value stream exposes which actions create value, which are necessary waste, and which can be eliminated immediately.

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