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Value Stream Mapping: From Chaos to Clarity

Join us in person for a one-day, hands-on Value Stream Mapping (VSM) workshop at Gemba Academy’s training facility in Keller, TX.

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

From $1250

Value stream mapping v1

Is your team aiming for better clarity, stronger collaboration, and smoother processes? Value Stream Mapping is a practical tool that helps you align around what matters most. Whether you're in manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, or a service environment, this workshop will show you how work really flows, and where it gets held up.

What You'll Walk Away With

  • A clear understanding of how to map your current processes
  • Insight into where waste and delays are hiding
  • A future state map aligned to what actually adds value
  • A practical plan to drive measurable improvements
  • Confidence to lead or contribute to improvement efforts

Who Should Attend

This workshop is a great fit for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn how to visualize and improve a process
  • Continuous improvement professionals
  • Team leaders, supervisors, and frontline managers
  • Individuals looking to get involved in making improvements at work

No prior experience with Value Stream Mapping is required — just bring your curiosity and a willingness to participate.

What the Day Looks Like

You’ll work alongside others in a collaborative setting, guided by a Gemba Academy practitioner. Expect real examples, practical exercises, and useful tools you can take back to your team.

Morning

  • Lean Basics: Value, Wastes, Flow
  • VSM Fundamentals
  • Current State VSM

Lunch Break

Midday

  • Finding the Problems and the Wastes
  • Problem Solving Basics

Afternoon

  • Future State VSM
  • Improvement Planning
  • Sustaining the Gains
  • Wrap up with key takeaways

Workshop Topics Include

  • How to choose the right product or service family to map
  • Building your current state map: materials, info, and flow
  • Identifying bottlenecks and sources of waste
  • Designing an improved future state
  • Turning ideas into a focused improvement plan
  • Tips for leading VSM efforts inside your organization

What event types are available?

  • In-Per­son

    At our Dal­las-Fort Worth train­ing cen­ter
    Our mod­ern, well-equipped train­ing cen­ter gets your team all in one place, ready to tack­le your improve­ment challenges.

  • Vir­tu­al

    From any­where you have inter­net access
    Unlike oth­er webi­na­rs, our vir­tu­al train­ing is designed to be engag­ing and impact­ful, regard­less of where you are join­ing from in the world. 

  • On-Site

    We come to your loca­tion
    For your ulti­mate con­ve­nience, we can send a train­er direct­ly to your facil­i­ty to deliv­er train­ing in your famil­iar surroundings. 

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