A.I.R.O.N. Value Stream Mapping Managed Flow

Value Stream Mapping

Use Value Stream Mapping when improving one step is not enough and the whole stream must be seen before action is assigned.

flow mapcurrent statefuture statebottleneck huntKPI-fed

Process-control handoff: VSM should expose where SPC, Layered Audit, Standard Work, or a Control Plan needs to hold the future-state gain.

Managed flow

Map the flow before improving isolated steps.

VSM connects delays, handoffs, queues, demand, and information signals so improvement targets the system instead of one symptom.

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1. Select stream

Define the product family, process family, service lane, or operational path being mapped.

Event workspace

Build the VSM package.

Capture the stream boundary, current-state flow, bottlenecks, future-state design, actions, sustainment routine, V.A.U.L.T. lanes, and KPI preview.

VSM map and flow fields

Liability reduction + savings / efficiency

A.I.R.O.N. sustainment routine

Evidence + attachment readiness

Stage the proof package before V.A.U.L.T. retention.

Use references, filenames, work order numbers, photo notes, and document links for now. This does not upload files yet; it prepares the evidence path so the final V.A.U.L.T. handoff is not scattered.

Staging only

V.A.U.L.T. retention path