“Seeing the Whole Value Stream,” a Free Live Webcast on New Examples of Lean Supply Chains

Nov. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Learn how companies are analyzing and improving lengthy supply chains by using extended value-stream mapping to collaborate with their suppliers and customers.

Join Dan Jones and Jim Womack Nov. 29, 2011, at 2 p.m. (Eastern) for a free webinar on extended value-stream mapping, a proven methodology for analyzing supply streams across organizations and countries. You’ll also learn how extended value-stream mapping impacts the off-shoring debate.

In addition, Jim and Dan will review new essays from the just-released, revised second edition of Seeing the Whole Value Stream, their pioneering workbook on how companies can jointly improve shared value streams. They’ll discuss:
1.   How to spread value-stream thinking from manufacturers to final customers through service providers
2.   How Tesco is applying extended value-stream thinking to retail
3.   How to use value-stream thinking collaboratively with suppliers and customers
4.   How to add realistic costing to value streams to more accurately understand total cost
5.   How a manufacturer can analyze all the value streams in a complex supply network
Plus, they’ll save plenty of time for your questions.

Learn more and register today for Learning to See the Whole Value-Stream: The power of extended value-stream mapping: http://www.lean.org/events/nov_29_webinar.cfm

# # #

The Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. was founded in 1997 by management expert James P. Womack, Ph.D., as a nonprofit research, education, publishing, and conference company with a mission to advance lean thinking around the world. Visit LEI at lean.org.