eVSM Blog

Mixed Model Value Stream Mapping for VSMs with Shared Resources and Product Variants
Mastering Complexity with Mixed Model Value Stream Mapping (MMVSM)Production lines are expected to handle multiple product variants. They need to meet tight schedules and fluctuating...

Published: 2024-10-14

Value stream mapping and line balancing
With our work with some of the biggest names in manufacturing, (we name-drop here), line balancing is a very common need we come across. This is a key concept in both lean...

Published: 2024-10-09

Value stream mapping related to other charts and tools
If you’re new to value stream mapping and Lean methodologies, you can find yourself wondering which tools you’ll be using often, which ones are not related at all, and which ones are...

Published: 2024-10-07

Launching a New Line with Digital Value Stream Maps: A Case Study on Achieving Balance and Efficiency
In today's competitive manufacturing environment, companies are constantly looking for ways to streamline processes, reduce waste, and optimize resource utilization. One effective strategy...

Published: 2024-10-04

Six Sigma and Value Stream Mapping: Similarities and Differences
Six Sigma and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) are both methodologies aimed at improving processes and increasing efficiency, but they differ in their focus and techniques. However, they can...

Published: 2024-10-01

Using Lean Charts to Optimize Value Stream Mapping
For more than 20 years, we’ve helped manufacturers to get waste out of their processes. And while it can seem complicated, it’s something that we have gotten very, very good at!!To stay...

Published: 2024-09-24

Are floor plans and value stream mapping related?
Floor plans and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) can be related in specific contexts, especially when analyzing the physical layout and flow of materials, people, or information in a production...

Published: 2024-09-18

Introduction to Value Stream Mapping: A Beginner’s Guide
Introduction to Value Stream MappingValue stream mapping (VSM) is a powerful tool used to visualize and analyze the steps involved in delivering a product or service. By mapping out each...

Published: 2024-09-10

Secrets to Success in Transformation - Webinar w/John Gaul
Welcome to Secrets to Success in Transformation, sponsored by eVSM and partnering with John Gaul - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt President of Sum It Ascent LLC.I worked in manufacturing...

Published: 2024-07-17

Leveraging Lean Charts on Your Value Stream Maps
Lets delve into the transformative world of lean charts for lead time, capacity and resource balance.  Through this presentation, we'll guide you on how leadership teams can...

Published: 2023-08-28

Line Balancing with Digital VSM
 This blog is based on a live webinar given by our guest presenter, Nancy Such on Line balancing     You can see Nancy's lean background above. She is an...

Published: 2023-03-16

Simplifying VSM's for Mixed Model Production
Most production lines make product variants with different demands, cycle times and routings through shared equipment and staff resources. Being able to handle multiple products with these...

Published: 2022-08-10

Improving Tire Production with Lean and eVSM
 The tire industry (or tire outside the US) is highly competitive. Continuous improvement efforts are underway at all tire manufacturers to reduce production costs. Lean is a common...

Published: 2022-03-11

Learning To See - Practical What-ifs with eVSM Mix
  The book "Learning To See" (Rother & Shook) published a couple of decades ago is a fantastic intro to the value stream mapping process and its fit within the lean...

Published: 2021-08-16

Environmental Life Cycle Mapping with eVSM Mix LCA
  We are excited to announce a new capability for sustainability mapping with eVSM Mix LCA. This product is at beta release stage. We will introduce the capability via an...

Published: 2021-06-10

A Value Stream Model To Improve Your Recruitment Process
The Talent acquisition (or recruiting) value stream is crucial to organizations and needs to fill in vacancies with qualified staff in an efficient and timely way. This blog develops a...

Published: 2021-04-15

Creating Paper Templates for Wall Maps
Wall maps can be drawn with any combination paper, pencils, markers, post-it notes, etc. However, such hand-sketches often result in a messy view, causing confusion instead of...

Published: 2021-03-25

Case study: Use of data-centric spaghetti diagrams to improve layout
Art Thomas (VP, Operations) of Aero Industries provides a case study on the usage of spaghetti diagrams The resulting layout cut daily product travel by 40% The video below...

Published: 2021-02-22

Remote VSM Using Microsoft Teams & OneNote
  The ability to hold VSM events remotely, (where it's not possible to co-locate the team physically) has become increasingly important. Our group has created a solution for VSM...

Published: 2020-11-12

Learning To See: ACME Case Study
Some of our users have evaluated us by simple looking at who else uses the eVSM software. See some of our clients at evsm.com/clients. We have not lost a VSM benchmark for a decade...

Published: 2020-08-25

Leveraging Transactional VSM - Warehousing Pick & Pack
  This is a transcript of a webinar given by Dave Hollinger, discussing his work with a Home goods distributor and leveraging eVSM’s transaction mapping software. Dave started...

Published: 2020-08-17

Mix Supply Network Overview
  Welcome to our blog on the supply network mapping application in eVSM Mix with supporting visual analytics. In the next few minutes we will discuss how it can be used to...

Published: 2020-07-08

Remote VSM
Overview of Remote VSMNow is an unsettled time in businesses around the world. After all, many companies are busier than ever, and need to work to rapidly re-deploy or increase...

Published: 2020-04-07

eVSM Mix Data input through Excel
Mixed model value streams require significantly more data then single product value streams. The data input directly on the map can get tedious and time consuming. The Create XL and Import...

Published: 2020-02-04

Add-ons By Example
The “Addons by Example” command allows you to replicate the current center’s add-on status to all or selected similar centers on the map. The command is located in the...

Published: 2019-02-14

Leverage your Excel process data in eVSM (part 2)
In part 1 I talked about a very simple way to move data from Excel into eVSM.  This method is very limited because none of the cycle times or demands or any other process data...

Published: 2017-07-26