# AI-Enhanced Value Stream Mapping

Value stream mapping (VSM) is foundational to lean manufacturing — it visualizes the flow of materials and information from raw materials to customer delivery, exposing waste at every step. But traditional VSM has limitations: it is time-consuming to create, represents a single point in time, and depends on the observers' ability to spot waste. AI overcomes all three.

From Static Maps to Dynamic Intelligence

Traditional VSM: A cross-functional team spends 2-3 days walking the floor, timing processes, and drawing the current-state map on brown paper. This happens once or twice a year.