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1.6 Operational Value Stream (OVS)

Event Page. OVS are the sequence of activities needed to deliver a product or service to a customer. Here we give visibility and a shared understanding of the OVS that are already in place within the organization
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This is a Strategic Planning Team activity best done in real time to give visibility and review current Operational Value Streams (OVS) to create a shared understanding about them. Value streams are the most fundamental construct of Lean thinking. Each value stream represents the sequence of steps an enterprise uses to deliver value to its customer. Each highlights efficiencies and inefficiencies, delays, rework, and bottlenecks. They also illustrate the impact that flow, or the lack of it, has on the people who actually do all the work.There should probably be several OVS. In the following Figure, you may find four distinct examples of OVS:

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Use the Table below, with Current Operational Value Streams (OVS), to detail information on each OVS, generate visibility and create a shared understanding. The Strategic Planning Team should do the following Steps:
STEP 1: Brainstorm on all possible OVS - Prioritize and Consolidate ideas - Write Names of the OVS
STEP 2: Work on each OVS - Team could divide the work among them and fill in parallel all info
STEP 3: Review OVS and upvote or downvote completed OVS
STEP 4: Agree on final list of OVS and their contents
Current Operational Value Streams
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Manufacture
<Write a Brief Description of this Operational Value Stream>
Marketing
<Write a Brief Description of this Operational Value Stream>
IT
<Write a Brief Description of this Operational Value Stream>
Operational Value Stream Name
Unique Brief Name of OVS
Manufacture
Operational Value Stream Type
Choose or write type of Operational Value Stream
Fullfil Demand
Show agreement
Vote if you agree on statements as they are
Show Disagreement
Vote if you do not agree on statements as they are
Operational Value Stream Description
Write a detailed description of the Operational Value Stream
<Write a Brief Description of this Operational Value Stream>
OVS - Triggers
<List Main Triggers of this Operational Value Stream - What event triggers the OVS>
OVS - Customers
<List Main Customers for this Operational Value Stream>
Efficiencies of the Operational Value Stream
Write Strengths of the Operational Value Stream
<List Main Efficiencies of the Operating Value Stream>
Inefficiencies of the Operational Value Stream
Write Weaknesses of the Current Operational Value Stream - Point out Bottlenecks and delays
<List Main Inefficiencies of the Operating Value Stream>
OVS - Value Received to Enterprise
<List Value Received by the Enterprise from this Operating Value Stream>
Value Received to Customer
<List Value Received by the Customer from this Operating Value Stream>

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