Focused Improvement
Types of Waste
Resistance
Facilitation
100

When all employees actively identify and eliminate waste and variation

What is focused improvement

100

Movement of People, Product or information around unnecessarily.

What is Transport waste
100
Pushback due to fear of change / unknowns.

What is resistance?

100

Identify underlying insecurities and address them.

What is Reassure?

200

Work that makes the product valuable to the customer

What is Value-adding work?

200

Bending, turning, reaching and lifting stuff unnecessarily

What is Motion

200

Anger or fear which may affect how you will respond to a situation

What is emotions.

200

Actively counter misinformation

What is communicate?

300

Any activity that uses resources but creates no value

What is waste (non-value added)


300

Underutilizing employee capabilities

What is Skills

300

"What if we get it wrong" is and example of...

What are emotions?

300

Ensure all tem member ideas are important

What is build self esteem?

400
Problem-solving daily that has small impacts on productivity

What is continuously improvement?

400

Storing parts, pieces or documents ahead of requirements

What is Inventory?

400

Walking the Talk

What is lead by example?

400

Help develop team problem-solving skills

What is Coach?

500

A dedicated effort to address and solve more complex problem

What are Improvement Projects?

500

Tighter tolerances than required

What is over processing?

500

Trained in Focused improvement but not yet committed.

What is hesitant (unsure, doubtful)

500

Ensuring each team member contributes to the discussion

What is Participation?