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Value stream mapping is specifying value creation and information flow. See this illustration video on Youtube:

This is close to the way of modeling with DEMO (‘Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations).  Modeling value and information flow concern is in DEMO incorporated in the Organizational Theorem. The organization theorem states that the organization of an enterprise is a heterogeneous system that is constituted as the layered integration of three homogeneous systems: the B-organization, the I-organization, and the D-organization. The D-organization supports the I-organization, and the I-organization supports the B-organization. The integration is established through the cohesive unification of the human being.

If we see the transactional results (P-C Facts) of the business as value. Then the value stream concern of Information handling can be positioned in the Intellectual- and Data-Organization. Is waste the delta between the ‘normal’ process map and the enterprises ontology or has waste an ontological presence ?

Mapping both way’s of modelling (Value Stream Mapping and DEMO-3) is a step foreward into my research for enterprise improvement.