I owe you an apology. You should never stop improving. You may want to revisit your priorities though, and look at waste reduction first. Sounds better?

Results of the recent survey by salary.com are eye-opening. Time wasted by people working in offices is reaching new heights.

At the end of this post, you will find a 5S TEMPLATE that will help you with waste reduction in the business.

Almost two-thirds of all respondents report wasting time at work, but how much time? Thirty-nine percent of respondents said they spend a mere 1 hour a week or less on non-work related items. That’s followed by 29 percent who spend up to 2 hours a week wasting time on the computer at work, and 21 percent who waste up to 5 hours a week. Only 3 percent of respondents spend 10 hours or more on personal tasks in a given week.

https://www.salary.com/passages/why-how-your-employees-are-wasting-time-at-work/1/

Why focusing on waste is so important?

It’s easy to fall into the trap of improving value-added work without realising the gains of waste reduction.

Let me explain with this simple graphic.

Have you ever thought of the imbalance between value-added and non-value-added work?

How would you choose between a project aiming at waste reduction and process improvement?

I would welcome your thoughts on this.

Now I invite you to download your FREE template!

Below you will find a 5S template (.PDF) that will help you facilitate waste reduction projects.

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