Future State Map

Typically, when building future-state maps, you have an existing process that s well documented—so the job is to improve or innovate what you already do. But you may not have any process at all to make or deliver your new innovation, so you have to start from scratch. Or you might have an existing process that you can adjust to accommodate your innovation. 

A good future-state mapping team is comprised of people who will actually perform the work later, a good facilitator or team leader, the person who is in charge of the process (process owner), and any others as needed, such as scientists, engineers, subject-matter experts, suppliers, regulators, or customers. 

Referring to the task list from step 5 and the future state map from step 4, an audit should be conducted to confirm task completion and that the future state process steps are in place and functioning as expected. After a successful audit, call the team together to celebrate their success. Build contagious commitment by always celebrating these successful events that help to build the new culture. Together view the completed product and historical record of their accomplishment—the A3. 

Process map Process mapping, or the expanded version, value stream mapping, is used to graphically display the steps in a process. This visual method of process evaluation and improvement engages everyone because it is completed on white boards, flip charts, or by using Post-it notes arranged on a wall. Both a current state and a future state map are usually completed during lean events. 

Future State Map A blueprint for Lean implementation. Your organization s vision, which forms the basis of your implementation plan by helping to design how the process should operate. 

For DTB films obtained by CVT inhomogenous distribution of out-of-framework cations and admixture capture ai e obseiwed. The aim of the present work is to use imaging X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (i-XPS) for chemical state mapping which enable future optimization of the CVT technology. The P, O and Hg content in the DTB may be varied during the CVT. 

Process and Value Stream Maps can be used in one of two ways to document the as-is process the way it currently runs, or to document the future state of the process if it hasn t been developed, tested, and implemented. Obviously in the context of innovation, these maps are used to develop the future state. While you can apply them without the help of an expert or facilitator, it s best to enlist one, especially when building Value Stream Maps. 

Step 4 The Future State—Draw a Map or Describe How You Would Like It to Be... 

Step 4 Future state - Draw a process map or describe how you would like it to be in the future... 

Future state The future state can be described as how it could be. Once a thorough understanding of the current state process has been gained, a facilitator will engage the team in problem solving and improvement idea generation. Based on these ideas for changing the current state, a future state process map will be drawn. 

Value Stream Mapping is the written or computer-based identification of the sequence of activities and information flows to produce a product or deliver a service. This represents a vital step in the lean concept because it provides the opportunity for team brainstorming to identify activities that do not add value. Lean practitioners use value stream mapping to identify major sources of non-value-added time in a value stream envision a less wasteful future state and develop an implementation plan for future lean activities. An Addendum providing a Simplified Initial Value Stream Map appears at the end of this chapter. 

Business process reengineering— This entailed mapping current as-is processes for conducting inspections as part of the oversight program. Once current processes were well documented and understood, SASO developed the future state of incorporating system safety techniques and processes into a future state of processes. 

Future State Value Stream Map (see earlier in this chapter)... 

Value Stream Mapping Highlights the sources of waste and eliminates them by implementing a future state value stream that can become reality within a short time. 

Analyze the current and future state of our organization using step charts and Value Stream Mapping, identify a future state of the organization, and perform a gap analysis, thereby creating a plan of ( ration for implementing the identified changes. 

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