TOAST Value Stream Mapping - Lean Training DVD from GBMP

This is GBMP's sequel to the best-selling and award-winning "Toast KAIZEN: Intro to Lean" DVD. Value Stream Mapping is an essential Lean best practice - used to understand the current condition of information and material flow. In the original, students watch the process of making toast to separate the waste fromthe work to make the job faster and cheaper. Now you can build on the foundation with "Toast: Value Stream Mapping". Viewers will learn to find the hiddent waste in their work processes by watching a fictitious odyssey which mimics the typical conditions employees encounter every day. Two 30 minute units teach first to identify the current condition and second to create the target condition. Whether your process is factory or administive or service-related, TOAST VSM offers a realistic day-in-the-life experience and teaching tool for lean implementers who wish to gain the full benefit of this incredibly important Lean best practice. This DVD will guide you through every step of the process; you don't have to go it alone. Also, introduces (and includes) the A2 format for analysis, reflection, improvement, measurement and milestone tracking.

demonstrate the importance of direct observation to continuous improvement efforts

if material and information and production flows are spread out all over, waste is hidden

Toast VSM introduces how to capture numeric and anecdotal information and use it to acheive consensus regarding the current state

It also details the target condition or future state - how improvement can be identified, achieved and measured

Introduction to VSM Action Plan in A3 format which provides a completely analysis, improvement plan and milestone tracking on one piece of paper!