Why we need lean management more urgently than ever: Experts warn that the German economy is overheating.

The German government’s council of experts warns that the German economy will be overstretched. In addition to the positive effects associated with it, such as a reduction in unemployment, this growth can also become problematic. If orders cannot be executed due to …

Satisfied employees through Lean (6): Productive meeting culture

Several studies have shown that employees in German companies spend an average of 19% of their working time in meetings. However, only a good half of the to-dos planned in these meetings are actually implemented. Own estimates from several large companies are …

The types of waste (8): Misuse of employees

Originally, there are seven types of waste in Lean Thinking. Declaring the wrong use of employees as an additional type of waste definitely makes sense, because valuable resources are also lost here. This type of waste occurs when highly qualified employees, specialists …

The types of waste (6): errors, queries, rework

Errors, queries, rework are generally to be regarded as waste. There is no added value and the goal of flowing processes is prevented. Errors that only occur with the customer have particularly negative effects: A negative image is created for the company …

The types of waste (5): Wrong and insufficient information flows

In the indirect areas of the company, information is the product that is worked with. Incorrect, missing or outdated information is often the cause of waste and extra work. The superfluous transport of information – which we all know in the form …

The types of waste (4): waiting and searching times

Everyone knows this from the private sector and tries to avoid it: waiting and searching times. It is not without reason that we make appointments with the doctor or office in the hope that it will be our turn without long waiting …

The types of waste (3): movement

Of course, movement in itself is not wasteful, but if work processes are interrupted or delayed, this also counts as a type of waste. How often do you experience in offices that you have to walk a long way to get to …

The types of waste (2): work supplies

What are (too high) inventories in production are in administrative areas the work stocks. Orders, invoices, purchase orders… everything that is left lying around and piling up is considered waste. With invoices, this is obvious at first glance: the later I send …

The types of waste (1): overproduction or reactive power

Logically we consider it wasteful to produce things that are not needed – a well-known example of this is the EU – Butterberg. But what about the indirect areas? The overproduction does not catch the eye and does not clog up storage …

Why do you need the types of waste?

The question is asked again and again: what is the need for classification by type of waste? You can also discover where there is waste. That is of course correct in principle. But the categorization helps us – like so much in …