Mankato, MN -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/04/2015 -- Karen Martin recently discuss the human side of value stream mapping (VSM) as helping businesses—and the people within them—be their best. In Quality Digest, Martin asked when one thinks of value stream transformation, what are the most common desired outcomes that come to mind? Shorter lead times? Higher quality? Reduced expenses? Expansive thinkers often go beyond these classic performance indicators and aim for improvements such as quicker time to market for new products, greater market share, smoother acquisitions, and less painful annual budgeting cycles.
These are all noble pursuits that can be accomplished more easily through the proven practice of value stream mapping. However the deepest transformational benefits from well-executed value stream mapping activities are often people-based. Improvement and organizational transformation are deeply psychological. Looking exclusively for tangible results ignores the reality that people are psychological beings. Being aware of and playing into human psychology can be tremendously healing—for both the individuals involved and the organization at large. One of the key conditions, leadership alignment, value stream mapping helps create proving effective in achieving quantifiable performance improvement are also humanistic at their core.
Manufacturing leaders, admitting to weak communication skillsets are turning to companies like PDP Solutions to outsource communication dynamics in order to provide the human side of value stream mapping.
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