The Muda Walk for a Month 2012 is over and feedback is coming in. Here is what some participants have said about it:

o      The walk allowed me to “open my eyes” to better improve the workplace.

o      The best outcome of the Muda Walk is making people aware of the waste that is present in construction. Most people accept the current state as normal and are so used to it that they don't even know that waste exists. Here are two examples

1. While we were observing areas we would prompt our workers on waste such as waiting for information (3 men- over 2 hours)  and they didn't think it was waste because they said the folks we were watching needed that  information.

2. A compressor ran out of fuel because it wasn't checked before it left the yard. It needed a special fuel delivery (2 hours) by the superintendent, but this wasn't something they viewed as waste because the fuel was needed.

What did you learn doing a Muda Walk?  What can you learn?

Introducing the Lean Construction Pocket Guide

- Covers the why, what and how basics of doing Lean construction in an easy reading down-to-earth format.

- 86 pages of useful information

- Small enough to fit in your shirt pocket and goes anywhere

- Doesn’t need batteries

 - Great for “tailgate” training and daily huddles

Contact Dennis Sowards at dennis@YourQSS.com for details on how to obtain your copy.