8 Wastes Workshop

8 Wastes Workshop

(for Office too)

Are you spending money on things that do not contribute value for the customer? Do your customers return products that are defective? Do you fail to have product that the customer wants to buy, yet have excessive inventories of items that aren’t selling? Are your employees waiting on upstream processes before than can perform their work? Are your employees searching for the tools, equipment, and information that they need to do their jobs? Does product build up in large quantities before it is handled? Do you transport product excessively? 

Producing anything that the customer doesn’t want or need is a waste. It lowers your profits. It leaves you less competitive in your market. 

This one day Lean workshop trains employees on the principles of the Eight Wastes. It helps them to see the waste that is hidden or that is taken for granted and it provides them with tools to first reduce, and then eliminate waste from their processes. 

The eight wastes or “muda” are described, examples are provided, and the impact of reducing or eliminating these wastes is presented. Exercises give the participants practical knowledge. Prior to implementing Lean Techniques, manufacturing processes typically have as much as 95% of their cycle time associated with these eight wastes. Utilizing the Lean techniques discussed in this workshop can help to dramatically reduce these wastes and their associated costs.

• • Lean Principles Background Information
• • Value Added and Non-Value Added Activities
• • 8 Wastes – Identification and Discussion:

• • Lean Improvement Tools
• • Lean Methods

• • Exercises

8 Wastes Workshop