8 Wastes of Lean Overproduction Unutilized People Defects

8 Wastes of Lean Overproduction Un-utilized People Defects Waste Motion Inventory Over. Processing Waiting Transportation

8 Wastes of Lean Type of waste What is it? Examples Waste of Over-production Processing too soon or too much than required • Information sent automatically even when not required • Printing documents before they are required • Processing items before they are required by the next person in the process Waste of Defects Errors, mistakes and rework • Rejections in sourcing applications • Incorrect data entry • Incorrect name printed on a credit card • Surgical errors Waste of Inventory • Files and documents awaiting to be processed Holding inventory (material • Excess promotional material sent to the market and information) more than • Overstocked medicines in a hospital required • More servers than required Waste of Over-Processing more than required wherein a simple approach would have done • Too much paperwork for a mortgage loan • Same data required in number of places in an application form • Follow-ups and costs associated with coordination • Too many approvals • Multiple MIS reports Waste of Transportation Movement of items more than required resulting in wasted efforts and energy and adding to cost • Movement of files and documents from one location to another • Excessive e-mail attachments • Multiple hand-offs Waste of Waiting Employees and customers waiting • Customers waiting to be served by a contact centre • Queue in a grocery store • Patients waiting for a doctor at a clinic • System downtime Waste of Motion Movement of people that does not add value • Looking for data and information • Looking for surgical instruments • Movement of people to and from filing, fax and Xerox machines Waste of Un-utilized People • Limited authority and responsibility Employees not leveraged to • Managers common their own potential • Person put on a wrong job

Transportation Inventory

Motion Waiting

Over Processing Over Production

Defects Skills