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Dealing with the Seven Deadly Wastes

Seven Deadly Wastes Action Guide

Start fight­ing the Sev­en Dead­ly Wastes right now with this prac­ti­cal step-by-step action guide.

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Seven Deadly Wastes Overview

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Stand in the Circle

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Waste of Defects

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Waste of Inventory

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Waste of Overprocessing

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Waste of Waiting

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Waste of Motion

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Waste of Transportation

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How to Draw a Spaghetti Diagram

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Waste of Overproduction

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The 8th Waste

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  • Dealing with the Seven Deadly Wastes

    • 12 Videos
    • 1h 17m
    In this course, you’ll learn what the Sev­en Dead­ly Wastes are, what caus­es them, and what they can cost your orga­ni­za­tion. You’ll also learn how to com­bat each indi­vid­ual waste using tools like kan­ban and 5S. 

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  • The Eight Types of Waste in Healthcare

    • 14 Videos
    • 1h 42m
    In the health­care indus­try, errors and inef­fi­cient process­es can lit­er­al­ly mean the dif­fer­ence between life and death. In this course, con­sul­tant and author Mark Gra­ban breaks down the eight wastes as they apply to health­care, using pow­er­ful sto­ries to illus­trate their impact.

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  • The Seven Wastes, with Jeff Kaas

    • 9 Videos
    • 1h 16m
    Any one of the sev­en dead­ly wastes can kill your lean activ­i­ties before they even get start­ed. In this series, Jeff Kaas, the pres­i­dent of Kaas Tai­lored, presents the sev­en wastes to a tour group at his facil­i­ty, who are there to wit­ness and learn from Kaas Tai­lored’s trans­for­ma­tive lean initiatives.

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