Waste Category |
Waste in Regular Processes |
Waste in Internal Audit Processes |
Transport |
Unnecessary movements, e.g. of raw material |
Physical sign-off of reports |
Inventory |
Anything waiting unproductively for future processes |
Archiving of raw data and work papers |
Motion |
Unnecessary movement of machines or operators |
Business travel to field audits |
Waiting |
Slow pace of a step in a series of steps |
Limited availability of auditee |
Overproduction |
Produced items in excess of customer demand |
Excessive documentation |
Over-processing |
Providing features not demanded by the customer |
Detailed report for minimalistic Board |
Defects |
Not acceptable to customers, requires rework |
Wrong information in the audit report |