Waiting is defined as one of the wastes of LEAN but is it always a waste? Is TIMWOODS Unwell? Why Are You Waiting? There are many reasons that cause people and things to be waiting. Some are bad but some are good. Waiting because material supplies have been delayed or…
Is Employee Transport Waste The Big Sin? As we discussed in the previous blog the first letter of TIMWOODS stands for Transport and is an important area to consider when considering waste within the business. As we move to net zero TIMWOODS Transport Waste is likely to be one of…
How To Use A Traffic Light System To Eliminate Waste In the Lean System a definition of waste is “anything for which the customer will not pay.” Whilst I quite like this definition I think it is too broad to enable sensible analysis of what is really happening and what…
The Definition Of Work Needs To Change If you go to the dictionary the definition of work is: An activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result or: A task or tasks to be undertaken. I don’t like these definitions as gardening or…
The Four Day Week & Thirty Hour Challenge Has The World Of Work Really Moved On? I was recently reading an article on my FlipBoard feed about a group of politicians including the former UK shadow chancellor John McDonnel suggesting that a four day week would help deal with the…