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MSS405002A
Analyse and map a value stream
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit applies to a person in a senior role in an organisation, such as an operations manager, purchasing manager, senior technical officer performing planning or scheduling or similar who needs to analyse and map a value stream, a supply chain, or a demand chain in order to understand the interactions between all members and determine the value added/potential value added by each member. The value stream is represented visually according to organisation format requirements.
This information is the basis for the design of Just in Time (JIT) and for the determination of waste. Value stream analysis is not a one-off activity but rather an ongoing activity of re-analysis as the value stream changes and its members progress towards excellence in competitive systems and practices.
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to analyse and map a value stream, including the clear identification of the place of an organisation in the value stream and its contribution to the value stream. The unit includes the identification of an organisation in a value stream, their relationships and the activities undertaken by value stream organisations. The identification skills include identification at the virtual or information level, the technical or process level, and at the physical or logistic level.
The unit includes the analysis of value-adding and non-value adding activities and the information needs for successful value stream mapping, including information technology (IT) needs.
This unit covers the analysis of the supply chain, the demand chain as well as the overall value stream.
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