Value Mapping Functoid

The following figure shows a map with the Value Mapping functoid used to change the attributes of
a field into the attributes of a record. Sometimes these are the same, as when a solution provider
develops a product for sale and feeds distribution directly (example: a small SaaS company). The
first screenshot simply illustrates how I started to map out a business model, notably by adding
sticky notes to the Customer Segment and Value Proposition part of the Business Model Canvas. The
book starts with defining what value streams are and why we need to map them.
The reason I've selected this example is because whilst it explains the process of mapping, anything
of commercial value has long since left it and been exploited or discarded. Some of the opportunities
found from value stream mapping can be addressed through a Kaizen Event or Blitz. Purpose of this
exercise is how to reduce non value added activities which most of the time is much greater than
value added activities. Just draw a value stream map and it will show you all your problems to work
on is a popular refrain that I hear quoted in companies attempting lean. Finally, there is
another significant benefit to identifying the value streams and organizing release trains around
them.
But there were no value steam maps in the Toyota facility in West Virginia, nor are there value
stream managers. What I want to do is get you to think about your customers' value stream and
where you fit into it. Let's start with an example. Thus, when configuring items you can use a value
map to humanize the way an item value will be displayed. Structure values are mapped to a Lua
table that maps all the name of the fields defined in the IDL definition into their proper values.
Where we could have some pre-defined mapping rules stored in a mapping context and XI during
runtime will pick the specific mapping rule for the value in the source structure and get the target
value.
Construct a future-state Value Stream Map of what the process will look like and how it will perform
after the problems are solved and improvements are made. In addition, value streams lend
themselves to systematic analysis and improvement by value stream mapping, which is used to
identify and address delays and non-value-added activities, thereby helping to accomplish the
shortest sustainable lead time. Within are lot of numbers that tell a valuable story in itself ans just as
importantly among other processes of the value stream. A more responsive value stream also
reduces risk and provides more flexibility to react in adverse situations.
Unfortunately, the average user of the workbook tends to copy the pattern expressed in value
stream mapping regardless of the nature of their manufacturing problems. The value-mapping rules
are applied after the connection-mapping rules, so if you have a connection-mapping template that
maps torus to cone, your value-mapping rules should affect the parameters of cone not torus.
One significant market is the amusement parks industry (see the Baja Adventure Ride Example ).
They have fewer than 200 people on staff, but they are reliant on a Supplier for the track system.
Information on other mapping tools, and indeed other Lean tools, can be found in many books such
as The New Lean Toolbox' by John Bicheno. So, this is exactly what you need to do. Take your
value chain and map it with an evolution axis. Value Stream Mapping is more detailed than a
Process Map since it is supported with numerical analysis.
And if your organization already uses value stream mapping, this book will help you improve your
transformation efforts. In their short and readable Value Stream Mapping book Martin and

Osterling have laid out the authentic way to map value streams. A methodology for mapping
stakeholder values around a specific lean project at Raytheon's Integrated Air Defense Center is
developed.
For example, one of the predefined agent items 'Ping to the server (TCP)' uses an existing value map
called 'Service state' to display its values. The purpose of a value stream map is to look at the flow of
a key process from start to finish. A value stream contains the people who do the work, the systems
they develop or operate, and the flow of information and materials.
This can require an extensive degree of cooperation; a common Value Stream Backlog ;
implementation of new, crosscutting capabilities; additional system integration; additional roles
and responsibilities; special considerations for Pre-, Post- , and PI Planning activities; different
degrees and types of DevOps support; and even more. Either way, it is essential that those involved
in the mapping know the area and know where the metaphorical bodies' are buried.
In a build-to-the-standard form, Shigeo Shingo 10 suggests that the value-adding steps be drawn
across the centre of the map and the non-value-adding steps be represented in vertical lines at right
angles to the value stream. In addition, value stream mapping can also provide leadership with a
clearer picture of how work is moving through the system. In a value stream map it is rarely used, as
the info is usually contained in the info box, if needed at all. This customer can be both external or
internal, but is the end point of the value stream you look at. Usually there is only one customer
shown, but you may have more than one.
This guidance however biases companies with major quality, downtime, or factor productivity
problems to deemphasize them since those items are not surfaced well using the method and
questions outlined in value stream mapping. Map helped us visualize and structure our conversation
about the Value Proposition of our Web App for consultancy clients (who apply the #bmgen concept
to help their own clients innovate their business models). Leaders trying to bring lean into their
organizations will find SVM a promising tool for determining where to initially focus their attention.
Interestingly, both firms were struggling with similar issues (at different ends of the experience
spectrum.) The beginners hadn't defined the key processes that deliver value to the customer apparently this was too difficult for them to do as their business is so complex that the concept of a
value stream doesn't apply to them. Can be useful, but is little known and I have not yet seen it in a
real value stream.
With Lucidchart's value stream mapping shape library, you can create nearly any workflow. Our
Social Value Mapping Tool has been developed tool to combine data from our business systems with
publicly available data to create a contextual picture or map, of the impacts we have. Or you find a
value stream map that addresses just a small part of the flow - totally missing the point. You can
check for it in the model's Mixer > Templates > Value Mapping folder in the explorer. For your
initial efforts in creating a connected value stream, these should be your primary objectives.
They had diligently been applying Lean tools - and had adopted some good processes and early
successes with daily team meetings, structured problem solving and team working methods. Share
your value stream map in a variety of common graphics formats such as PDF, SVG, or export it to
any Office application in one click. Value Stream Mapping is about understanding a Value Stream
at a high level to uncover opportunities for improvement. In the larger IT shop, for example, value
may move across multiple departments and organizations and across many deployed systems.
Rather than turning this article into a mini-toolkit guide, we shall focus on value stream mapping in
more detail.

If you want a good book on value stream mapping then Learning to See' by Mike Rother and John
Shook is an excellent guide to producing current and future state maps. Theoretically, the perfect
state of a value stream or flowchart is to have 100% of the steps adding value. Value mapping
produced sales tools that enabled salespeople to feel they had the right to talk with senior-level
management. The following image shows how the Value Proposition is expected to relieve pain. This
map depicts an efficient, lean value stream that's more flexible and responsive to customer
demands.
Value stream mapping is the missing link in business management and, properly executed, has the
power to address many business woes. In SAFe, organizing around value is accomplished by first
understanding the value streams, and then organizing SAFe Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to realize
them. A Value Stream is the series of events that take a product or service from its beginning
through to the customer, and the value stream map is a diagrammatic representation of that series
of events showing the main physical features.
Where we found the most value in value stream mapping was being able to see and understand the
whole process (value stream) where previously no one person ever did. In addition to facilitating all
kinds of marketing communications, the maps form a template for prioritizing a hierarchy of
customer value. You can't remove such duplication without a communication mechanism such as
mapping.
If we know that our process is dysfunctional and will have to change dramatically, there is no point
mapping in detail and costing in detail lots of individual steps that we are going to eliminate or
change completely. Therefore, to catch an exception you shall use the same mechanisms used to
catch Lua errors, as illustrated in the example below. Answer the questions with honest, quantifiable
evaluations and you will be on your way to improving the productivity of your value stream mapping
efforts.