Hey everyone, welcome to this section. What are value stream maps? In the previous section you learned everything about the concept of value, and value stream. In order to identify the wastes in the system and gain efficiencies within your business process. It's important to put this conceptual knowledge of value and value stream into practical perspective. You will do that using value stream maps.

In this section, you will seek an introduction to value stream maps, understand the different VSM icons. Plus, you will learn the steps to create a Value Stream Map. Finally, you will do an interesting activity related to value stream map. So let's begin the first lecture of this section. What are value stream maps