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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.

Type OrganigrammeNorme Sugiyama layered DAG + orthogonal routingMoteur schematex-flowchartMis à jour 24/09/2026
Made-to-order furniture current state
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La demande

“Draw a current-state value stream map for made-to-order furniture with customer demand of 20 units per day, customer order, daily production planning, supplier replenishment delivered daily to two days of panel stock, panel cutting with an 8-minute cycle time, one day of cut-parts queue, cabinet assembly with a 22-minute cycle time, 1.5 days of assembly queue, finishing and inspection with a 15-minute cycle time, then shipment.”

Essayez ensuiteAdd a supplier feeding the panel stock.Change the assembly queue to half a day.
Ce que contient ce dessin

Comprenez les décisions qui le sous-tendent.

01Customer signal

Start with the order and planning cadence.

02Inventory queues

Put waiting time between process steps.

03Cycle times

Label each value-adding operation.

04Delivery point

End at shipment to the customer.

Use this for an initial current-state map of a small made-to-order manufacturing line.

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FAQ

Questions fréquentes

What is a current-state value stream map?

It documents how work and materials move today, including processing steps, queues, and timing.

What does CT mean?

CT means cycle time: the time needed to complete one unit at a process step.

Why show inventory queues?

They make waiting and work-in-progress visible between otherwise value-adding steps.