An easier way to determine the travel distance is to pull the longest distances captured between steps down to the bottom of the map and create a travel distance line. Where there is only one path, identifying the distance is straightforward. Where there are parallel or alternate paths running parallel on the map, you must select the longest path. Draw a line below and parallel to the process lead time and total cycle timeline at the bottom of the map. Place a mark at the midpoint beneath each column of process step boxes. Copy each of the longest paths down to the bottom, as shown in Figure 11.5, and then total on the far right-hand side of the map.