1. 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