Map the handoffs that hide the wait
Map a shipyard value stream at door-to-door level and identify one wait caused by missing information or material.
The move: map the full flow before asking one team to go faster. What the map shows Value stream mapping draws material flow and information flow together. That matters in a shipyard because missing information can stop physical work just as surely as missing steel. A useful map includes the product family, process boxes, queues, data boxes, and decision points. The two clocks Put two clocks on the map. Touch time is the actual hands-on work. Lead time is request to delivery. The gap between them is where most improvement lives: queues, batching, approvals, inspection waits, transport, and rework. The…
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