Sign up and create your first map

MapVS is a browser-first tool. You'll create an account, open the canvas, and lay out your first stages without installing anything.

Sign up

Head to mapvs.com/auth/register, enter your email and a password of 8 characters or more, and confirm. You land on the Free plan straight away with no credit card required.

Create the map

1. Click New Map from the sidebar.
2. Give the map a name (e.g. "Order fulfilment - current state") and pick an industry so we can suggest the right templates later.
3. Click Create. The canvas opens with a blank stage list on the right and the flow diagram on the left.

Add your first stages

Use the + Stage button in the right panel. For each stage capture the name, cycle time (how long the value-adding work takes), and wait time (queue + hand-off delays). Both go in hours; we convert to seconds or days as needed for the analytics.

What next?

• Anatomy of a value stream map - what all the boxes and numbers mean.
• Record your first process on the web - stop guessing cycle times and time them for real.
• PCE explained - the single number that tells you how much of your process is actually value.