waste-identification - Identify, categorize, and eliminate process waste.
Guides systematic identification, categorization, and elimination of process waste, unevenness, and overburden across physical and knowledge work.
Tags
Updated: 2026-09-17Capabilities
Typical Inputs
What this skill does
- Categorize activities using 3M framework
- Identify wastes using DOWNTIME mnemonic
- Conduct structured gemba waste walks
- Apply customer value test questions
- Identify knowledge work waste
- Distinguish Type 1 and 2 waste
Inputs
- Process observation boundaries
- Process cycle observation data
- Workload and lead time metrics
Outputs
- Categorized activity lists
- DOWNTIME waste documentation
- Quantified waste metrics
