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GA 268 | Breaking Down the Seven Wastes with Jeff Kaas

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on May 23rd, 2019

This week’s guest is Jeff Kaas. We’re sharing the audio from an upcoming course that features Jeff’s company, Kaas Tailored. Using real life examples, Jeff explains each of the seven wastes in a unique and dynamic way. An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • An overview of the seven wastes (1:49)
  • How Jeff evaluates leaders (3:53)
  • The impact of anxiety on your health (4:37)
  • How a nine-year-old would describe a defect (5:17)
  • About inventory and finished goods (9:44)
  • Cookies and work in progress (12:36)
  • Processing (16:48)
  • Underprocessing (20:11)
  • Poor processing (21:49)
  • The waste of waiting (23:33)
  • The waste of motion (24:18)
  • The waste of transport (27:16)
  • The waste of overproduction (28:51)
  • About truth (30:56)

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