Value Stream Mapping: From Chaos to Clarity

Analyze & Improve Flow

Join us in person for a two-day, hands-on Value Stream Mapping (VSM) workshop at Gemba Academy’s training facility in Keller, TX.

Is your team aiming for better clarity, stronger collaboration, and smoother processes? Value Stream Mapping is a practical tool that helps you align around what matters most. Whether you're in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, or a service environment, this workshop will show you how work really flows, and where it gets held up.

What You'll Walk Away With

• A clear understanding of how to map your current processes
• Insight into where waste and delays are hiding
• A future state map aligned to what actually adds value
• A practical plan to drive measurable improvements
• Confidence to lead or contribute to improvement efforts
  
  

Who Should Attend

This workshop is a great fit for:

• Anyone who wants to learn how to visualize and improve a process
• Continuous improvement professionals
• Team leaders, supervisors, and frontline managers
• Individuals looking to get involved in making improvements at work

No prior experience with Value Stream Mapping is requiredJust bring your curiosity and a willingness to participate.

What the Days Looks Like

You’ll work alongside others in a collaborative setting, guided by a Gemba Academy practitioner. Expect real examples, practical exercises, and useful tools you can take back to your team.

• Lean Basics: Value, Wastes, Flow
• VSM Fundamentals
• Current State VSM

• Finding the Problems and the Wastes
• Problem Solving Basics

• Future State VSM
• Improvement Planning
• Sustaining the Gains
• Wrap up with key takeaways

Workshop Topics Include

• How to choose the right product or service family to map
• Building your current state map: materials, info, and flow
• Identifying bottlenecks and sources of waste
• Designing an improved future state
• Turning ideas into a focused improvement plan
• Tips for leading VSM efforts inside your organization