1. Process Mapping
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2. Intent of the Session
• Demonstrate the benefits of using the Process Mapping
• What is the difference between Process Flow Mapping and Value
Stream Mapping?

3. Why use Process Mapping?
• Visualises business processes, which guarantees alignment between the
process and the client’s requirements
• Shows and visualises losses and wastes in processes
• Drives process improvement, such as reduction of process time, aligning
handovers and outputs
• Links critical process steps to standardised procedures, measurements and
specifications and thereby improving process control

4. What is a Process?
A group of logically related activities and tasks,
involving people, machines and procedures needed to
transform materials and/or information into a specified
product or output
Process
Outputs to
Customers
Inputs from
Suppliers

5. What is Process Flow Mapping?
• Process Mapping is a technique used to describe and document processes in a
structured, step-by-step way.
• It can describe the as-is situation (current state) and the to-be situation (future,
desired state).
• A process map shows the process steps for a certain, defined subject (scope).
Process maps can be made at various levels: from a high level overview to a detailed
view.
• A process map gives a step-by-step view of how inputs are transformed into outputs.
Links to other processes are visible on a process map.
• Process mapping can be applied to all processes: a manufacturing process, an
administrative or service process.

6. Value Stream Mapping Vs Process Flow Mapping
Value Stream Mapping
• Considers the whole value stream
• Identifies non value added between
processes
• Improvements to system are usually
significant but difficult to achieve
• Enables long term strategy to be planned
Process Flow Mapping
• Concentrates on a single process
• Identifies non value added within a process
• Improvements to process are usually smaller
but easy to implement
• Enables shorter term tactical planning
G-8. Check in paperbased: TO-BE
Gatehouse
operator
Haulier
Gatehouse
operator
Truckdriver
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Drive to CCE site
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First visual
inspection of
trailer
G8.1
Confirm load to
driver
G8.3
Prepare vehicle
G8.4
Report to
gatehouse
Yes
No
G8.7
Refuse trailer
G8.6
Ok?
G8.8
Quote Shipment
number and slot
time
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G-9. Check in
empty
droptrailer
(G9.26)
G-10. Check
in full goods
paperbased
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G-16.
Returns
settlement
(G16.18)
H-18. Vehicle
cross docking
(H18.37)