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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
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Operations
8D Problem Solving
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
Purposedifferent
When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-6 Wochen90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-104-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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