HOW-TO GUIDE: Waste walk

A waste walk is an opportunity for operations leaders and teams to uncover hidden wastes and identify improvement opportunities that drive bottom-line results.

Benefits of a waste walk include the following:

• Identifying and eliminating non-value-adding activities
  

• Leadership commitment, a key success factor in any continuous improvement initiative
  

• Engaged employees – workers are involved in the process of identifying and removing waste
  

• Mutual understanding between leaders and teams for what is working and where the challenges are

Download the how-to guide Waste walk and get:

• Detailed descriptions of the 5 loss categories and how to recognise them
  

• Detailed descriptions of the 7 wastes of lean manufacturing and how to recognise them
  

• Detailed descriptions of environment, health and safety concerns and how to recognise them