Mapping the Total Value Stream
A Comprehensive Guide for Production and Transactional
Processes
Mark A. Nash and Sheila R. Poling
ISBN: 978-1-56327-359-9, June 2008, 296 pp., Soft Cover
While other books focus on either production process Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
or transactional process mapping, this work meets the needs of manufacturers and
service sector organizations by detailing both. It teaches readers what techniques are
commonly applicable, and also explains areas of difference, so that map makers will
be able to adapt to whatever situations arise. Extending the lessons originally put forward
in Value Stream Management for the Lean Office, this work goes beyond theory.
Among other practical considerations, it expands the concept of availability, discussing
employees as well as equipment availability in transactional processes.