GCS27

  What is waiting waste? Definition - Waiting waste describes the resources lost as people wait for information, a meeting, a signature, a returned phone call, a copier or computer that is broken, and so on. People cannot add value to the product or service while they are waiting. Example – Waiting on hold for a telephone call, a meeting to start, numbers, direction from a supervisor, and so on, is examples of waiting waste. Typical solution/Result - This is one of the common “accepted” wastes. If a high-level manager is annoyed by a specific instance, some training or coaching may be given but long-term change will not occur. The Offices Kaizen -In an Office Kaizen environment, two avenues are used: 1.        Each intact work group uses the LDMS to monitor and improve its efficiency; over time, each intact work group begins to see that waiting is waste and will gradually reduce it ; and 2.          A chan...

    PUNCTUALITY- A KEY TO SUCCESS Punctuality plays an important role in every walk of  life.  Punctuality as a quality by virtue of which a person is able to do the right thing at the right time and never offers an excuse for delay in work. The student, the official, the trader and even the lay Man all have to observe punctuality on order to win glory and success in life. Even in transportation vehicles train, buses, aero plane like all must arrive and depart in right time. Nature - An example of Punctuality Rainfall in a regular pattern every year.  All the seasons punctually emerge every year. The flowers bloom in spring and earth wears green during the spring season   Nature does not do any mistakes, it follows certain laws and never deviates from it If nature decided to go unpunctual, we would no longer be here.  Thus Nature teaches us to be punctual. If we follow the course of nature we will ke...