You are recently hired on as a project manager and want to get a feel of how the plant operates so you head out on the plant floor and feel a little overwhelmed. Conveyer belts moving parts from place to place, workers moving from station to station, raw materials being distributed everywhere – it was a lot to take in. To help you organize the overall process that you directly observed, which type of map should you start with to get an overview?

a) Top down flow chart
b) Activity map
c) Product-process map
d) Value stream ma