Current-state furniture value stream map

A current-state value stream map shows the sequence, waiting, and processing time needed to deliver a product. In this furniture example, an order enters planning, material waits in panel stock, and work moves through cutting, assembly, finishing, inspection, and shipment. The inventory nodes reveal delays between operations, while the process labels record cycle time. That separation matters: a process can be quick even when the product spends days waiting. Capture the current state before proposing improvements, using observed counts and times rather than targets. The resulting map gives a team a shared view of where lead time accumulates and where to investigate flow, batch size, scheduling, or quality issues.