Ideas and skills not used Movement of people or material The “8 Wastes” D O W N Not Utilizing Employees Defects Overproduction Waiting Errors Wrong coding, different definitions across departments. Incomplete/incorrect info. for Grants submission Doing more than needed Duplication of financial reports in creation of shadow system- excel spreadsheet to track effort for grants. Waiting or Delays Waiting invoices to get procures systems to load invoices to get signed. Ideas and skills not used Not recognizing employees as best source for fixing issues T I M E Extra Processing Transport Inventory Motion Movement of people or material Transport between campuses, hand delivering invoices to A/P, Movement of files to different locations Too much material Buying in bulk, stocking toner when we get next day delivery, more servers than required, supplies, equipment Movement by workers Searching for supplies, items needed not close by, always looking in shared drives Re-dos Unnecessary approvals, rework, same data required in multiple places or systems