Storage
A forklift operator is unable to unload a container because the receiving clerk is stuck in a meeting and hasn't assigned a dock door yet.
Waiting
A shipping clerk needs to weigh a high-volume pallet but has to walk to a different building because the floor scale in the shipping department is broken.
Motion
An Amazon warehouse receives a pallet of frames, but because the EDI 856 (Advance Ship Notice) contained the wrong SKU quantities, the entire shipment is flagged as a discrepancy.
Defects
A shipping team is required to manually re-enter every tracking number into an old logbook by hand, even though the system automatically records and emails the tracking to the customer.
Extra Processing
The packing team assembles 200 shipping boxes for tomorrow's shift, only to find out the order volume changed and they now have to disassemble them to make space.
Overproduction
A shipping manager orders a massive surplus of specialized international shipping crates that sit in the loading bay for months because global demand for that specific product has dropped.
Inventory
A veteran warehouse worker who is an expert at forklift maintenance is assigned to spend their entire shift manually sweeping floors.
Non-Utilized Talent
A delivery truck is loaded and sent to a local hub, only to have the package immediately transferred to another truck going back toward the original warehouse to reach its final destination.
Transportation