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The Value Stream Management System simplifies the planning process for lean implementation, ensuring quick deployment and greater success. The central feature of this illustrative and engaging book is the value stream management storyboard, a tool representing an eight-step process for lean implementation. It links the metrics and reporting required by management with the lean tools needed on the manufacturing floor.

Many people use the value stream map as an individual tool, but not within the context of a proven overall system. The storyboard brings together people, tools, metrics, and reporting into one visual document.The authors stress the importance of reaching beyond single-point kaizens to ensure a sustainable lean implementation process. Value Stream Management: Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, and Sustaining Lean Improvements shows you how to use