The assignment for this week focuses on developing a high$-$level value stream map. This is not intended to provide you with in$-$depth value stream training but give you some exposure to how operations management evaluates and works to eliminate waste.

Directions:

$5.$ Review the current state map provided.

$6.$ Review the value$-$added activities

$7.$ Define the focus

$8.$ In a Microsoft Word document, provide the following:

$$ What is the current map$$s VA$\%($NVA$/$VA$)?$

$$ What waste do you observe? What type of waste is it and why? $($see the Lean Guide waste categories$)$

Assume that the customer

requested a new tool.

Employee has idea and

designs a new tool

$60$ min value added time

$60$ min elapse time

Owner reviews and agrees to the idea

$60$ min elapse time

Leadership Team reviews and agrees to the idea

$1$ day $(8$ hrs$)$ elapse time

Employee team creates tool

$5$ days $(40$ hrs$)$ value added time

$5$ days $(40$ hrs$)$ elapse time

Quality Review

$2$ days elapse time

Team integrates tool

$1$ hour value added time

$1$ day $(8$ hrs$)$ elapse time

User Testing Staging

$1$ day $(8$ hrs$)$ elapse time

User Testing

$2$ days $(16$ hrs$)$ elapse

time

Final Leadership Review and Approval

$5$ days $(40$ hrs$)$ elapse time

Total Value Added Time: $42$ hours $(5\mathrm{.}25$ days$)$

Elapsed Time: $138$ hours $(17\mathrm{.}25$ days$)$

Non Value Added Time $=12$ days$)$