Saturday, April 11, 2026

eight wastes (lean): TIM WOODS

TIM WOODS

Transportation

Moving stuff or information more often or further than necessary

Inventory

Extra or unnecessary stuff or information; multiple versions

Motion

Poor ergonomics; poor layout; cruft; manual/repeated data entry

Waiting

Batch processing; insufficient training/staffing/processes/capacity

Overproduction

Extra stuff is created; poor forecasting; inappropriate performance measures

Over-processing

More is done than necessary; misunderstanding customer requirements or quality standards; providing too much detail

Defects

Rework; ineffective detection of process failures; poor training/design/documentation; incorrect/incomplete input data/information

Skills

Ineffective organizational management structure/culture; risk aversion; not using a person's skill; delegating to someone unskilled; staff blocked from their task (not empowered)

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