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Saying “no” to waste – Step 3: Developing a “continuous improvement” culture

We have walked through problem definition, identification of root causes and implementing an action plan to solve the issues in your processes. Now let´s take the final step of this series; this is about the discipline of your company to embrace the wish of make things better in every opportunity: continuous improvement.

There is a discussion about definition of continuous/continual improvement. Continual improvement is used referring to general processes of improvement and encompassing “discontinuous” improvements, while Continuous improvement has a more specific focus on linear, incremental improvement within an existing process (ASQ, 2014).

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Saying “no” to waste – Step 2: Uproot root causes

In the last post we talked about identifying wastes. Now we are going to get to the bottom to find the root of the problem. When you go to the deepest cause of problems, you deplete the chances to repeat them.

Determining root causes:

In other posts I mentioned the difficulties that many companies experiment finding the real cause of their problems although this is a key step in the process to solve wastes; wrong root cause, wrong solution, that´s it.

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Saying “no” to waste - Step 1: Identifying wastes

Throwing money to trash is not the intention of business, obviously; nevertheless, despite this premise, is easy to find companies expending money in operations without adding value to the final product, which factually is a waste.

That´s why I am starting a series of three posts to guide you through implementation of “lean logistics” in your enterprise. Lean logistics is the application of lean manufacturing principles to supply chain management. Basically lean logistics pursues the two F´s: effectiveness and efficiency. Being effective, in short words, means getting the right things done, the “what”; being efficient is doing those things without wasting resources, the “how” (Baudin, 2004).

The question is: Are you being effective and efficient in your supply chain?

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