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1
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8 wastes manufacturing

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Transportation
Inventory 
Motion
Waiting
Over processing
Over production
Defects
Skills
2
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7 wastes redefined for service

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Unnecessary Movement
Incorrect Inventory
Delay
Duplication
Unclear Communication
Errors in the service
transaction
Lost opportunity to retain/ win customers
3
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Transportation and Motion

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unnecessary movement of individuals (M) materials (T) or information (T)

Refers to extra steps that are inefficient

Can damage inventory

4
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Inventory

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excess or incorrect

available stock that is not required

Being out of stock and unable to do exactly what was required

Requires additional storage facilities and transport

could be damaged

WIP means more waiting

5
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Waiting

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opposite of flow, i.e line etc

6
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Over processing

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additional unwanted activities such as rework, reprocessing, repeated handling and storage

it is more efficient to complete a process correctly first time rather than repeat the process

7
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Over production

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Process continues when output is not required

Causes excess inventory

Typically the worst type of waste because it hides of waste

8
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Defect

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Unclear communication
Errors in the system transaction
Lost opportunity to retain or win customers

9
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skills

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underutilised skillset
limited authority and responsibility
person put on a wrong job
lack of motivation, rewards and recognition

10
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moment of truth

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any point when a customer comes in to contact with any aspect of the business

11
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what is a process map

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a CI tool that helps to visualise a process

12
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process mapping helps to identify

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who does what
how tasks are done 
what are the inputs and outputs
where is the waste
enhance the memory of business
13
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Risks in process map

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buy in issues
business politics
analysis in vacuum
time and resource consuming
process mapping for the sake of it
14
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Identifying value adding activities

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1) does the step physically change the input or is it a necessary pre-requisite to doing so?
2) would the customer be interested or care about this step?
3) is the step carried out “right first time”

15
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SIPOC stands for

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suppliers
inputs
process
outputs
customers