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  2. Select the right application for your map
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  4. Work through the lesson files

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  1. Watch refresher application video
  2. Build the map shown in the video
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How do I say what products need what steps?
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Why do I need to connect the customer to the set?
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Does the production time include breaks?
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How is the NVA at an inventory calculated?
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Can I input distance travelled for transport?
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Will it automatically draw a capacity chart?
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How do I enter different cycle times for different products?
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Can I put demand in per month?
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Can demand be input in pallets as opposed to items?
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Where can I see a video on how a map is created?
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Can I input the products via Excel?
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Can I input all the data via Excel?
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Can I automatically generate a map from Excel?
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How do I associate owners and dates with Kaizens?
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Is there a way to prioritize Kaizen activities?
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How do I input OEE values?
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Any tips on inputting the data quickly?
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How do I change the input units?
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How do I make a page bigger?
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Any tips on presenting the map to others?
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Map looks very complicated. How do I simplify it?
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Can the software handle 50 to 100 different products?
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Is there an example map that I can play with?
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Map will not solve. What should I do?
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How do I learn to use EVSM?
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I have built the map already in excel how can I convert it to eVSM?
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How can I simulate future-state scenarios?
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How can I compare current state and future state map?
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Is it possible to include cost in the map? If yes then how?
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What is the diffrence between sequence and pipe?
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Why do you need sets?
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What is general inventory?
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What are the steps to build a MMVSM?
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I need to calculate the capacity loss due to product-specific scrap.
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How can I see what products go through each process?
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​Hello I wanted to know what stencil/ shape I would use to represent the number of operators on a process?
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How can I avoid an activity being part of a chart?
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Can it calculate how much inventory we need to hold?
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Defects often need to be rectified upstream. represent this on my map?
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How is outsourcing modeled on a MMVSM?
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How many withdrawal Kanban cards do I need?
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Show me a supermarket modeling example
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How do I change the units of a chart?
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Why are some ribbon buttons greyed out?
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How do I reopen a panel that I accidentally closed?
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How do I switch from one application to another?
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What is Mixed Model Value Stream Mapping (MMVSM)?
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Why is mixed-model mapping more difficult than single-product mapping?
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What are routing sets?
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What is a Bill of Materials (BOM)?
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Why is it important to map the entire value stream rather than individual processes?
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When should routings be specified?
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How do I know if my model is correct?
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What is takt time and how is it calculated?
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What analyses are built into eVSM?
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How do I identify bottlenecks?