# Value Stream - "*Value-Stream*" describes all of the **activities** that are performed and the **information** required in *a process* to deliver a given product or service. - Value-Added Activities - Add Customer value to the actual product or service (Customer is willing to pay for it) - Non-Value Add Activities = [[lean#Wastes|Waste]] - Tools - Value Stream Maps, Value-add (VA) vs. Non-value-add (NVA) Analysis ## Map The visual representation of the process (work and information) required to meet customer demand. - Includes both value-added and non-value-added activities - *Current state* map allows us to "see" areas of waste - *Future state* is roadmap to improvement... immediate and longer term ## Analysis Create future state by: - Conduct waste audit - [[brainstorm|Brainstorm]] - Look for easy flow issues - Review "common sense" remedies - Use basic [[lean|Lean]] tools and update map as you learn more Lean -- Waste analysis, simplification, pull, visual controls, standard work