Slide 29

Once the Process Map is Completed

• Analyze the work flow in the eyes of the patient.
• What defects exist? Where are communication breakdowns, failure to hand off information?
• Where do delays occur?
• What are your Project RED gaps?
• Do we have omission , selection, documentation, communication, administration failures?
• What steps in this process would the patient be willing to "pay for"?

Notes:

Once you have completed a high-level process map, have the team review it and consider the questions on this slide. The purpose of analyzing the map is to give the team perspective on what works, or might not work, in the eyes of their customers and key stakeholders. Mapping also identifies lean wastes, which include defects, overproduction, waiting, non-value-added steps (rework, redundancy), transportation waste, inventory waste, motion wastes, and underutilizing employees. "Leaning out" a process creates a flow that is seamless for the patient and eliminates as much waste as possible.