Eliminate the 8 Wastes with Lean Thinking Virtual Workshop!

Workshop Overview

Unleash your inner process improvement superhero in 2025 by participating in Lean Jax's upcoming virtual training workshop: Eliminate the 8 Wastes with Lean Thinking on Friday, April 4!

Who Should Attend?

 This virtual workshop is ideal for professionals, students, and leaders across all industries committed to continuously improving how work is done for the benefit of our customers, our organizations, our teams, and ourselves!

In other words: You!

Whether you're new to Lean or looking to deepen your expertise, this session will provide you with valuable insights and practical tools to accelerate your continuous improvement journey.

Each participant will receive the workshop slides; video recording; an electronic packet with templates, instructions, and examples. Also, two Lean Jax posters!

✅ Understand customer value and distinguish between value-added activities, non-value-added but necessary activities, and pure waste.

✅ Identify specific examples of each of the 8 wastes in any process through direct observation.

✅ Investigate and discover the outcomes and root causes of waste.
✅ Leverage lean countermeasures to eliminate waste, prevent reoccurrence, and deliver impactful results.

Workshop Outline

1. 1. Review of Lean Culture and Principles: Overview of Lean philosophy and its core principles.

   
   

   2. Three Categories of Work: Defining value from perspective of our customers by distinguishing between work that is value-added, non-value-added but necessary, and pure waste.

   
   

   3. 8 Wastes Overview: Definitions, sector-specific examples, causes, and effects of each type of waste.

   
   

2. 4. Toast Kaizen Video: Visit Shingo Award winner Bruce Hamilton’s kitchen to investigate waste in an interactive video; the best selling Lean training tool in the world!

   
   

3. 5. 8 Wastes Identification Exercise: Hands-on practice distinguishing between the three categories of work and identifying waste in various settings.

4. 6. Discuss Key Waste Identification Techniques:  

   ✅ Gemba Observation

   ✅ Spaghetti Diagrams

   ✅ Value Stream Mapping

   ✅ Time Studies

   ✅ Waste Walks

   
   

5.  7. Discover the Root Cause of Waste with Lean Problem Solving Methods:

   

   8. Waste Elimination Methods:

   
   

   9. Waste Elimination Case Studies and Impact: Real-world examples from manufacturing, support functions, construction, healthcare, financial services, IT, government, and more!

   
   

   10. Next Steps: Outline a proven approach for starting and/or accelerating your waste elimination journey.

   
   

   Summary

• Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your work environment, eliminate frustration, solve impactful problems, and deliver exceptional value to your customers!