(10% discount on 10 or more licenses; 20% on 50 or more)

eVSM - Electronic Value-Stream Mapping

A complementary product to the "Learning to See" workbook, eVSM software is a drag-and-drop diagramming tool created specifically to let lean practitioners in manufacturing, services and healthcare sectors create electronic value stream maps. The software is used today by over 4000 Lean practitioners in 40 plus countries and in 20% of the Fortune 500 companies.

Click herefor a 6 minute animated demonstration of eVSM.

Walking the shop or office floor with a paper and pencil to collect data and observe actual conditions is how value-stream mapping (VSM) is done. But for a long time, members of the Lean Community have been sharing these hand-drawn maps by creating their own electronic templates from scratch in various software programs. eVSM makes this process of turning hand-drawn maps into electronic ones easier and faster. As a companion -- not as a substitute -- to paper-and-pencil mapping, the software allows lean practitioners to easily create, modify, analyze and disseminate electronic value stream maps. The eVSM software is developed independently by GumshoeKI, a visual communications company and a Microsoft Visio Solutions partner. For technical questions please call GumshoeKI at +1 513 258 8540.

eVSM allows lean practitioners to:

The drawing process is made easier with features such as automatic snap-to positioning of icons and right-click menus of data box attributes, such as cycle time, up-time, and rework percentage.

eVSM has been extended by GumshoeKI since its first release to support the new workbooks from the Lean Enterprise Institute (Seeing the Whole, Creating Continuous Flow, Making Materials Flow, Creating Level Pull) and has alignment with and support of these workbooks as a primary ongoing objective.

Mapping Examples
Click to download a PDF file showing four sample maps drawn in eVSM:
Page 1: A current-state map for a plant that makes scissors.
Page 2: A future-state map for the same plant showing some operations combined into a continuous flow cell.
Page 3: A layout map showing the cell design.
Page 4: An extended value-stream map showing the plant as part of the material and information flows through multiple facilities.

New License Pricing & Volume Discounts
A new license of the eVSM software is available for A$450.00.including GST.  Both Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Excel are prerequisites for eVSM. A discount of 10% is automatically applied on any single eVSM order of 10 or more new licenses and a 20% discount on any single order of 50 or more new licenses. (Software is not returnable after the package seal is broken).

Trial License of eVSM
Click to try eVSM free for 30 days.

Support
The license fee includes support for the latest version of the eVSM software directly from the developer, GumshoeKI, which has years of experience developing and supporting Visio-based software. GumshoeKI is a member of Microsoft Corporation's Visio Partner Program. The support desk number is +1 513 258 8540. The software has a full eLearning site for ease of deployment.

Click to visit the eVSM eLearning site.

If you already have a license for an older version of the eVSM software you will get E-mail notification as updates become available for purchase. If you have any questions, please send them to support@evsm.com or call the eVSM support desk at (513) 258-8540.

Software Prerequisites
1. Microsoft Visio 2002 (or later version). Both Visio Standard and Visio Professional are supported. Visio Professional is recommended for practitioners who wish to leverage Visio for floor layout plans in addition to value-stream maps.
2. Microsoft Excel 97 or later version.
You can order new copies of Visio and Excel or upgrade from prior releases from sites that sell Microsoft products like http://www.amazon.com/. Amazon.com also has an international button to allow you to purchase from the family of global Amazon sites.

Computer System Requirements
eVSM  is currently supported on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.