GenAi and the 8 Wastes

Wednesday 26 Feb 2025 | Discussion, Resources, Tools

GenAi and the 8 Wastes? Today, I attended a workshop where Marcel Lukas, Director of Executive Education at the University of St Andrews, spoke on how GenAi can enhance the University’s Executive Education offerings. We explored how we can use AI to: Prepare materials...

Waste in the workplace

Thursday 4 May 2023 | Resources, Tools

What is meant by ‘waste’ in the workplace? No, not the type of waste that ends up in the bins in this image. I’m talking here about any step or activity in a process that consumes resources but adds no value from the perspective of those involved in the process,...

Three sources of loss

Friday 24 Sep 2021 | Development, Discussion

The overriding purpose of a lean system is to configure assets, material resources, and workers in a way that improves the process flow to the customer’s benefit while minimizing losses caused by waste, variability, and inflexibility. These forms of loss are obvious...