Value Stream Mapping Symbols
Value Stream Mapping is a graphical technique that provides possibilities to improve analysis of a manufacturing process, at the stage of the transferring information or materials that required to deliver a product or service to the customer.
VSM symbols are the best for a production process designing.
Value Stream Mapping ensures a core analysis' items in a comprehensive graphical approach:
- The interplay between all of a manufacturing processes.
- The communications and materials during the complete production process.
- Efficiencies and losses of complex systems.
- Elaborate and implement actions that push forward organization's culture changes.
The entire Value Stream Mapping method uses a graphical representation of the manufacturing process, factors' pros and cons, that all stakeholders can easily understand.
The new Value Stream Mapping solution found in the ConceptDraw Solution Park continues to extend the range of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. This solution extends software with several templates and samples, also value stream mapping symbols for drawing Value Stream Diagrams.
Value Stream Mapping Symbols
Production Control
Central production scheduling or control department, person or operation.
Customer/Supplier
It is the usual starting point for material flow.

Inventories
Shipment
Electronic Information Flow Electronic flow such as EDI, Internet, intranets, LANs, WANs.
Information Flow
Material Flow/ PUSH Arrow "Pushing" of Material from One Process to the Next Process.
Manual Info
Pull Arrow Pull movement between internal steps.

Supermarket
Safety Stock
Material Pull
Dedicated Process Process, operation, machine or department, through which material flows.
All these value stream mapping symbols from the Value Stream Mapping library of Value Stream Mapping Solution were professionally designed to facilitate a drawing process for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users.
Example 1. Value Stream Mapping Symbols
Besides, all these objects are vector objects, so you can resize them without loss of quality, change their color to make your maps more bright and attractive.

Example 2. Value Stream Mapping Sample
This sample was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the value stream mapping symbols from the Value Stream Mapping Solution and shows the value stream in a manufacturing, production control and shipping processes. An experienced user spent 20 minutes creating this sample.
Use the Value Stream Mapping Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software to create your own professional looking Value Stream Maps quick, easy and effective.
All source documents are vector graphic documents. They are available for reviewing, modifying, or converting to a variety of formats (PDF file, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, and many other graphic formats) from the ConceptDraw STORE. The Value Stream Mapping Solution is available for all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM or later users.
TEN RELATED HOW TO's:
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Target and Circular Diagrams solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is perfect for the Circular Flow Diagram creating.
Picture: The Circular Flow Diagram
Related Solution:
Process Flow Charts are very popular and widely used in chemical and process engineering for representation a general flow of plant processes and equipment. If you need often draw them, the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with tools of Flowcharts Solution will be useful for you.
The mostly used set of process flow chart symbols includes the following: Rectangle (box) process flow chart symbol, Rounded rectangle, Circle, Diamond.
Picture: Process Flow Chart Symbol
Related Solution:
Usually designing of maps, including the USA Map is a quite complex, long and labour-intensive process. But now we have an excellent possibility to make it easier with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with powerful USA Maps Solution from the Maps Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Picture: USA Map
Related Solution:
How to design USA map fast and easy? It is convenient to use special software. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software includes the USA Maps Solution which was specially developed to make easier drawing process of USA Maps, Map of USA States, various USA thematic maps and cartograms.
Picture: Map of USA States
Related Solution:
Bubble diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software with templates, Using ConceptDraw Connectors, you can make a bubble chart in moments. Using ConceptDraw you will be able to make a bubble chart from the ready ConceptDraw library objects or make your own objects. The created diagram can represent ideas organization, in brainstorming processes, by teachers for explaining difficult ideas or for presentations.
Picture: How To Make a Bubble Chart
Related Solution:
You have some interesting design home office ideas and you want to inscribe them as soon as possible? ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Office Layout Plans Solution from the Building Plans Area will help you.
Picture: Home Office Ideas
Related Solution:
In case you need to make a plan for your own future hotel or to do it for someone else, then you can always find the way to make such template very quickly and to have a very good looking result in the end. Whichever type of the hotels you want to illustrate in a way of a floor plan, you can always do it with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM drawing application.
Picture: Hotel Plan. Hotel Plan Examples
Related Solution:
House of Quality Matrix Software - Use the predesigned objects from the Involvement Matrix Objects Library from the Seven Management and Planning Tools Solution to create professional looking House of Quality Matrices in minutes.
Picture: House of Quality Matrix Software
Related Solution:
ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a flowchart creating software. This software includes over 20 vector stencils in libraries. These objects allow you to create well-designed flowcharts.
Put an initial object from library to a page and use RapidDraw technology clicking on direction arrows to add new objects to the flowchart. This way you can make flowchart quickly.
Picture: How To Create a Flow Chart in ConceptDraw
Related Solution:
Every company meets some risks during project life cycle. It’s easy to face them using such tools as SWOT analysis matrix diagram that depicts Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of any proposed subject. ConceptDraw Solution Park contains excellent templates of of SWOT and TOWS matrices.
Making SWOT matrix is frequently used in practical marketing. It is the valuable tool of marketing strategy development. SWOT matrix allows to define the strengths and weaknesses of the organization, possible outside threats and opportunities and evaluate the current strategic competitors. Using ConceptDraw SWOT and TOWS Matrix Diagrams solution you can perform SWOT analysis. You can create a SWOT matrix in and then compare the strengths and weaknesses of your organization and the opportunities and threats of market. The well-performed SWOT-analysis allows you define the steps that can be taken for the improvement of your company market position and determine and problems that need to be solve urgently.
Picture: SWOT analysis matrix diagram templates