Improve Flow & Pull with Value Stream Analysis and Kanban

Reduce lead times. Lower inventories. Control processes more stably.

Flow and pull principles help to make material and information flows more transparent, stable, and efficient. This practical package uses value stream analysis and Kanban to make bottlenecks, waiting times, and improvement potentials visible in a real process.

Benefits for your company

Your company gains more transparency over material and information flows and identifies concrete starting points to reduce lead times, inventories, and waiting times. At the same time, a better understanding is developed of how processes can be controlled more stably and demand-oriented.

Examples:

• better transparency over material and information flows
• identification of bottlenecks, waiting times, and inventories
• initial approaches to reducing lead times
• improvement of flow, pacing, and process stability
• better understanding of pull principles and Kanban
• clearer interfaces and replenishment mechanisms
• concrete improvement ideas for a selected process or value stream

Concrete result

At the end of the package, an initial analysis of a selected value stream or process is available — including identified bottlenecks, wastes, inventories, waiting times, and improvement potentials.

Additionally, initial approaches for flow, pull, or Kanban are derived, which can be further pursued in the company.

Typical contents

• basics of flow and pull
• value stream analysis as an overview of material and information flows
• recognizing bottlenecks, inventories, and waiting times
• understanding lead time and process stability
• making waste visible in the overall process
• basics of Kanban and pull control
• developing initial improvement approaches for target processes

Practical part

• selection of a real process or value stream
• analysis of own material or information flows
• identification of bottlenecks, inventories, waiting times, and interface problems
• discussion of possible flow and pull approaches
• derivation of initial improvement measures for further implementation

Scope of services & details

• 2-day on-site workshop for up to 15 people
• conducted in German or English
• working on a real process or value stream
• introduction to value stream analysis, flow, pull, and Kanban
• booklet for participants
• concrete next steps for implementation in the company

Price plus travel expenses

The stated price includes the execution of the package in the described scope of services. Travel expenses are not included and will be calculated separately depending on the location based on actual effort. Billing is done after the service is provided. Upon request, you will receive a non-binding estimate of the expected travel costs in advance.