Value Stream Mapping Software

With the value stream analysis software visTABLE®, you illustrate your company’s logistics processes according to lean criteria. Through digital value stream mapping, you gain information for optimizing your production. Eliminate waste, reduce lead time, define the future state value stream, and increase efficiency in production and logistics.

Make value streams transparent

With visTABLE®, you can digitally capture value streams and obtain key metrics on material flow, value creation and inventory. Lean management thrives on transparency and visualization, precisely what the value stream mapping method provides. You can represent process chains according to the line-back principle, automatically and always up to date. Any changes to processes or transports are instantly reflected, keeping the visualization optimized. This gives your management a fact-based foundation for quick and confident decision-making.

Make your process chain measurable and provide your management with clear facts.

Create material flow analyses easily and time-efficiently

visTABLE® eliminates the need for paper-based planning by enabling fully digital value stream modeling. In addition to capturing the value stream on the shop floor, analysis is also possible by importing existing data. The software calculates the lead time based on your process description, cycle time, and inventory data. Process and logistics are merged into one overview that considers all product families. Benefit from the clear presentation of comprehensive information regarding all logistics processes.

Save time and resources with automated calculations and keep complex processes under control.

Value stream design – mapping the current state

A stable process is created when material flow and information flow interlock perfectly and resources are deployed in a process-oriented manner. With visTABLE®, you digitally design your value stream according to the Pull Principle, collaboratively develop future state processes within your team, and implement improvements using the PDCA cycle. This allows you to create transparency, reduce waste, and establish a culture of continuous improvement. Empower your employees to independently develop solutions, as defined by Mike Rother as a key success factor of the Toyota Production System.

Plan the optimal target state according to lean principles and sustainably reduce waste.

Track changes in the value stream

With visTABLE®, you can transfer your value stream analysis directly into the production layout. Changes can be simulated and evaluated instantly. The software integrates manufacturing, assembly, and logistics, visualizing material flow directly within the layout. By creating a digital representation of the value stream, you can place it in the context of your production layout. Our software enables fast and intuitive value stream management. Use the touch functionality to make layout changes with just a few taps, and analyze and evaluate your improvements in real time.

From concept to value stream analysis

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How digital value stream analysis works

1. VMS of the current state

Paperless and intuitive via touch or desktop

Paperless modeling of value streams. Fast and intuitive operation via touchscreen or desktop using mouse and keyboard. Importing motion data, transport orders, or bills of materials through the Excel interface makes existing data easy to handle.

2. Visualize and evaluate

Automatically generate key figures for times, inventories, and transports

With the direct reference to the layout, you create an impressive advantage over traditional approaches. Evaluate Lean KPIs like lead times, inventories, process times, transport effort and distances. Use our method and Value Stream Mapping software to illustrate the flow of raw materials and optimize information flow to transform your manufacturing into a true Lean system.

3. Make the future state tangible

Simulate and review target processes in 3D together

Integrate all process participants and foster teamwork to implement continuous improvement with full transparency. Design and experience the target value stream of your own production structures in a digital three-dimensional layout model. A well-constructed value stream map can create universal understanding of your workflows.

4. Working the overall picture

Link value streams into a value chain

Combine all value streams into a complete value chain. The value stream software accounts for dependencies and makes relationships transparent. Taking a value stream perspective means focusing on the bigger picture, not just on individual production processes.

5. Derive lean layout

Design the entire factory according to lean principles

The value stream represents everything required to bring a poduct from raw material to the customer’s hands. This dock-to-dock perspective focuses on the essential flow systems within the factory. Viewing the factory as a whole through lean principle enhances planning quality and significantly accelerates the planning process.

With visTABLE®, you maintain an overview of the current and target states at all times and can consistently implement improvements.

Discover how other companies have successfully implemented their value stream mapping with visTABLE®.

Case Study: Value Stream Mapping Software

this is why companies rely on visTABLE®

„In this way, processes can be documented as a value stream oriented representation and as the basis for a subsequent layout evaluation at the push of a button.“

Michael Feldmeth, Project Manager at Staufen AG

Key features of visTABLE®

All functions are included in a complete package for digital value stream mapping.

Value stream mapping – visTABLE®logix

With visTABLE®logix, you can systematically analyze value streams and immediately identify improvement potentials.

2D layout planning – visTABLE®touch

With visTABLE®touch, you can directly link value streams to production layouts and ensure well-founded decisions.

Visualization – visTABLE®3D

Mit visTABLE®3D erleben Sie Ihre Wertströme in einer realistischen Fabrikumgebung und überzeugen alle Stakeholder.

What you always wanted to know about value stream mapping.

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How is value stream mapping defined?

Value Stream Analysis describes the systematic mapping of all material and information flows within a process. The goal is to identify waste and design processes more efficiently. With visTABLE®, this analysis becomes digital, transparent, and instantly measurable.

How does value stream mapping work?

The analysis is carried out by recording processes, inventories, and transports. visTABLE® automatically calculates key metrics such as lead time and utilization and presents them clearly.

When should value stream analysis be performed?

It is essential when processes are complex or potential waste is identified. visTABLE® delivers fast, comparative data, especially relevant for manufacturing and assembly operations.

What is the goal of value stream mapping?

The goal is the optimization of processes through shorter lead times, reduced inventory, and less waste. visTABLE® delivers the key figures for this directly from your layout and process data.

What does value stream mapping analyze?

All process steps — from material supply and transport to delivery. visTABLE® automatically integrates this data and makes it transparent.

What role does value stream analysis play in lean management?

As a central Lean Management tool, it serves to pinpoint and eliminate waste. visTABLE® allows you to merge this proven technique with digital factory layout design.

How long does value stream mapping take?

Traditional paper-based mapping can take days or weeks. visTABLE® dramatically cuts this effort by allowing direct data import and instant analysis.

How do I perform value stream mapping?

It is typically mapped with paper and symbols. With visTABLE®, you model value streams digitally, import data, and immediately receive transparent results.

How is value stream mapping performed?

The analysis involves mapping processes, material flows, and inventories. visTABLE® streamlines this by providing automated calculations and clear visualization.

What benefit does visTABLE® provide for value stream mapping in my company?

The software creates full transparency in your production and logistics processes. Instead of mapping countless value streams on paper, preparing them for management, and ultimately implementing the measures in other tools, you create a digital twin from the start with this software – and in a particularly straightforward manner. This combines easy accessibility with all the advantages of digitalization. Information silos within the company are finally a thing of the past.

Can I perform multiple value stream analyses?

Yes. Even complex value streams can be captured intuitively and displayed at different levels of detail or within specific value stream sections. All this information is brought together in a single integrated model. Material flows and transports become transparent for everyone involved through the layout. This ensures full visibility at all times. Changes to individual value streams remain traceable, enabling your cross-functional teams to recognize correlations. An innovative optimization concept becomes applicable, accelerating lean transformation and paving the way toward efficient processes in production and logistics.

How is the value stream captured?

The current state analysis can be carried out directly on the shop floor. Simple and intuitive operation makes it possible to record value creation, process chains, logistics, inventories, and cycle times in a short amount of time. Data from IT systems can be transferred via a standardized Excel interface. The value stream software offers vivid visualization and displays the material flow within the layout. This makes waste, value creation, material transports, movements, and employee walking distances understandable to everyone.

Can I import existing logistics data?

The software offers various options for transferring data from other systems. A standardized Excel interface is available to utilize information from ERP, inventory management systems, or process mining.

Are standard symbols available?

You map logistical processes using process boxes and arrows that symbolize transports. Inventories are visualized using the triangle symbol. Individual adjustments to the symbol designs are not possible; this keeps the representation compact and the operation simple. Information flows cannot be captured either, as the data collection focuses on material flow.

Do I need to purchase additional visTABLE® modules for value stream analysis?

That is not necessary. All available functions of visTABLE® are included. You do not need to order or unlock anything extra. One tool is sufficient to integrate the value stream and layout according to the Lean philosophy.

Is visTABLE® only suitable for value stream mapping/value stream design, or are there additional fields of application?

visTABLE® is utilized wherever processes are analyzed, Lean Logistics is implemented, and layouts need to be planned within the company. This allows you to break out of information silos. visTABLE® supports systematic layout planning and centers on a factory planning model consistently oriented toward the Lean philosophy. This paves the way for lean and adaptable production. Scenarios in assembly, warehousing, the integration of linked systems, as well as hall, plant, and site planning are all supported.

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Customer view of lead time, exemplified by the online ordering of a product

Value Stream Analysis and lead time