The document discusses value stream mapping (VSM) for healthcare processes. It provides an overview of VSM and its objectives to visualize and improve material and information flows. An example VSM is shown mapping the process for hernia patients from referral to follow up. The VSM identifies opportunities to reduce waste, including lead times, and implement a more efficient "green stream" future state with continuous flow and pull systems. Implementation involves breaking the future state into loops and conducting point kaizen events to iteratively achieve the target state.
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June 6th 2006
Mapping the
End-to-End Process
Lean in Healthcare
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Objectives
To give an overview of
Value Stream Mapping
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The Essence of Lean
Thinking
Where is the time in your value
stream?
The physical patient flow?
The information flows – patient lists &
notes?
“All we are doing is looking at the time line
- from the moment the customer gives us
an order to the point where we collect the
cash. And we are reducing that time line by
removing the non-value-added wastes”
Ohno (1988-ix)
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Value Stream Improvement
& Process Improvement
Out Patients
Pre-Op
Assessment
Procedure
CUSTOMER
Raw
Material
Finished
Product
PROCESS PROCESS PROCESS
VALUE STREAM: All the steps, VA & NVA, required to bring the
product from raw material to customer
Necessary but non value adding
35%
Value adding
5%
Non value adding
60%
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Out Patients
Pre-Op
Assessment
Procedure
Value Stream Improvement
& Process Improvement
CUSTOMER
Raw
Material
Finished
Product
PROCESS PROCESS PROCESS
VALUE STREAM: All the steps, VA & NVA, required to bring the
product from raw material to customer
Necessary but non value adding
35%
Value adding
5%
Non value adding
60%
Focus of “traditional”
efficiency improvements
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Out Patients
Pre-Op
Assessment
Procedure
Value Stream Improvement
& Process Improvement
CUSTOMER
Raw
Material
Finished
Product
PROCESS PROCESS PROCESS
VALUE STREAM: All the steps, VA & NVA, required to bring the
product from raw material to customer
Necessary but non value adding
35%
Value adding
5%
Non value adding
60%
Focus of LEAN
improvement
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Value Stream Mapping
Follow a product’s path from beginning to end
and draw a visual representation of every
process in the material & information flows
Then draw (using icons) a “future state” map of
how value should flow
Helps us see flow
8. Hernia Current State
GP Practice
Lead Time
= 65.5 days
Process Time
= 193 Min
5 Min 22 Min 32 Min
5 Min
7 Min
3 Weeks
70 Min
90 Min
20 Min
60 Min
12 Min
6 Weeks4 Weeks
Referral
Out
Patient
Appoint-
ment
Pre Op
Assess-
ment
Admission
(Day Case)
Procedure Discharge Follow Up
National
Choose & Book
Local Booking
Service
List 2 wks
Before
Appointment
18 Week target
Max 6 MonthsMax 13 Months
Patient
Get
Date
Consultant
Secretary
Letter to Patient
Letter to GP &
Patient &
Consultant
Letter to GP
Follow up
Date
Daily List
Come In List
List 2 Weeks
Before
Appointment
Letter to GP
I I I I I I
Process
Box
Data
Box
Inventory
“Push”
C/T = 7 Min
C/O = 0 min.
Uptime = 100%
2 Shifts
27,000 sec av.
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Using the Value Stream
Mapping Tool
Product Family
Current State Drawing
Future State Drawing
Work Plan
Understanding how the processes
currently operate
Designing a lean flow
Deciding what to map
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Deciding What to Map
The Glenday Sieve - A tool to help
Implement Every Product Every Cycle
Identify product families
Remove waste
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The Glenday Sieve
- first analysis
99%
95%
50%
Cumulative %
Product Range
Cumulative % of
Sales
Last 1%
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The Glenday Sieve
– second analysis
99%
95%
50%
Cumulative %
Product Range
Cumulative % of
Sales
Last 1%
Blue
Yellow
Green
Colour
Code
Red
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The Glenday Sieve &
Value Stream Mapping
Map the “greens” because you
want to make these flow
Which removes non value added
waste
Ask questions about yellow, blue &
red products
Can anything be done to include these
in the “green stream?”
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Focus on One Product Family
High volume low variety manufacturing
Determine product families via similar
downstream “assembly” steps & equipment
“Every job is different” processes
Sieve & focus on tasks
Process Steps & Equipment
LH Steering Bracket
RH Steering Bracket
Instrument
Panel Brace
Seat
Rail
Bumper
Brackets
Electronic Test
Fixtures
Assy
Robot Weld Flash Remove Paint Manual AssySpot Weld
X X XX
X X XX
XXX X
XX
XXX
Products
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Current State Drawing
Material & information flows
Draw using icons
Start with the “door to
door” flow
Have to walk the flow & get
actuals
No standard times
Draw by hand, in pencil
Foundation for the
Future State
Product Family
Current State Drawing
Future State Drawing
Work Plan
Understanding how the shop
floor & offices currently operate
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“Healthcare” Data Set 1
Demand (Green Stream)
Local Anesthetic Cystoscopy = 15%
General Anesthetic Cystoscopy = 11%
Hips/Knees Arthroscopy = 9%
Hernia & VVS = 7%
LA Lumps & Bumps = 4%
Lower GI Endoscopy = 3%
Carpal Tunnel = 3%
Process Steps: Following referral from a GP the patient goes through
the following steps:
Out patient appointment
Pre-Operation Assessment
Admission
The Procedure
Discharge
Follow Up
Acme Healthcare Trust has a number of sites. The case concerns an Elective only site. Analysis of
the Green Stream shows that 5% of procedures account for 50% of demand.
17. Hernia Current State
GP Practice
Lead Time
= 65.5 days
Process Time
= 193 Min
5 Min 22 Min 32 Min
5 Min
7 Min
3 Weeks
70 Min
90 Min
20 Min
60 Min
12 Min
6 Weeks4 Weeks
Referral
Out
Patient
Appoint-
ment
Pre Op
Assess-
ment
Admission
(Day Case)
Procedure Discharge Follow Up
National
Choose & Book
Local Booking
Service
List 2 wks
Before
Appointment
18 Week target
Max 6 MonthsMax 13 Months
Patient
Get
Date
Consultant
Secretary
Letter to Patient
Letter to GP &
Patient &
Consultant
Letter to GP
Follow up
Date
Daily List
Come In List
List 2 Weeks
Before
Appointment
Letter to GP
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Analysis
Workshop Theme:
Lean Workshop
Workshop No. Team Date:
Slide:
Of:
Team Members: Dept:
Process:
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Future State Questions
What is the Takt Time?
Will we build to shipping or to a supermarket?
Where can we use continuous flow
Where do we have to use supermarket pull systems?
At what single point in the production chain do we
trigger production?
How do we level the production mix at the pacemaker
process?
What increment of work will we release and take away
at the pacemaker process? (levelling the volume)
Supporting Improvements
What process improvements will be necessary?
(e.g. uptime, changeover & training)
21. Hernia Current State
GP Practice
Lead Time
= 65.5 days
Process Time
= 193 Min
5 Min 22 Min 32 Min
5 Min
7 Min
3 Weeks
70 Min
90 Min
20 Min
60 Min
12 Min
6 Weeks4 Weeks
Referral
Out
Patient
Appoint-
ment
Pre Op
Assess-
ment
Admission
(Day Case)
Procedure Discharge Follow Up
National
Choose & Book
Local Booking
Service
List 2 wks
Before
Appointment
18 Week target
Max 6 MonthsMax 13 Months
Patient
Get
Date
Consultant
Secretary
Letter to Patient
Letter to GP &
Patient &
Consultant
Letter to GP
Follow up
Date
Daily List
Come In List
List 2 Weeks
Before
Appointment
Letter to GP
I I I I I I
?
?
?
?
22. Green Stream Future State
GP Practice
Referral
Out
Patient
Appoint-
ment
Admission
(Day Case)
Procedure Discharge Follow Up
National
Choose & Book
Local Booking
Service
List 2 wks
Before
Appointment
Patient
Get
Date
Letter to GP &
Patient &
Consultant
Letter to GP
X Days
F I F O
X Mins
F I F O
X Mins
F I F O
X Days
F I F O
Visual
Upfront Plan
Reduce
Visits
Book
Follow Up
Book
Admission
Green Stream
Fixed Plan
Filter
Patients
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A Plan to Get There
Don’t wait!
To “manage the exceptions” you need a plan!
Tie it to your business objectives
Break your Future State into “loops”
Make a VS Plan: What to do by when
Now relate the Future State Map to your layout
Value Stream manager completes VS Review form in
advance
Conduct Value Stream reviews walking the flow
Implementation
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Implementation via Point
Kaizen
Process
Point
Kaizen
Eraser
Future State Map
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David Brunt
June 6th 2006
Mapping the
End-to-End Process
Lean in Healthcare