Implementation Strategy using Value Streams
FutureState has a recommended structured methodology to guide your business through its lean transformation. This value stream driven method shifts the focus from isolated departments or work centers to value streams. A value stream defines the creation of value from the customer's perspective. It supports a complete product family, a grouping of products and/or services with similar processes and similar work content. Value Streams become the focus of the organization for progress reporting, trend analysis, and ultimately profitability. Value stream mapping is a graphical view allowing waste to be identified, prioritized and planned for elimination easily.
Once the company teams and executive reviews of the current operations and recommended future states are complete, FutureState will work with the company teams to evaluate current business systems in use and plan for continuous imporvements to move toward the recommended future state operations. Proper software use is a powerful advantage to knowledgeable users.
Making sure your data is complete and accurate ensures a sustainable, successful lean enterprise. Prepared companies can transition high level business goals to actual transparent improvement plans, and track the status and issues by value stream.