A value stream map, on the other hand, is concerned primarily with activities that do or do not add value. It is most useful for finding waste in a process and eliminating it.

Value Stream Mapping: An Essential Part of the LSS Toolkit As companies and organizations face increasing competition and changing customer demands, they’re using Lean management techniques to become ...

Value stream mapping (VSM) found its start in manufacturing, but it’s proved equally helpful in the enterprise as a visual mapping technique for optimizing and improving systems and processes.