"Value Stream Management simplifies the planning process for lean implementation, ensuring quick deployment and greater success. It links metrics with management reporting and the lean tools needed on the manufacturing floor. The final outcome of Value Stream Management is the creation of a complete, visual plan for lean transformation, and mastery of the skills required from implementing that plan. The central feature of Value Stream Management: Eight Steps to Planning, Mapping, and Sustaining Lean Improvements is the Value Stream Management Storyboard: a tool representing an eight-step process for lean implementation. The storyboard brings together people, tools, metrics, and reporting into one visual document." Tapping, Luyster, and Shuker stress the importance of reaching beyond single-point kaizens to ensure a sustainable lean implementation process. Many people use the value stream map as an individual tool, but not within the context of a proven overall system. This unique and engaging text provides a complete system for lean implementation. Instead of just using Toyota Production System tools, the authors encourage you to create your own lean production system. Value Stream Management will help you to complete your process and sustain it!