An engaging interview with Kelly Davis, Continuous Improvement Manager, at Parkland USA.
A revealing episode on all the ways waste shows up and how to eliminate it.
- What “waste” really means at Parkland.
- The most commonly overlooked waste that drivers miss.
- The true cost of waste to drivers.
- Your first step to get rid of waste.
- How to identify it daily without adding too much work to your schedule.
Takeaways:
- Waste is any step or action in that process that the customer is not willing to pay for. Start and end with the customer in mind.
- Current examples in Parkland: Transportation, Motion, Inventory, Overprocessing, Defects, and Under-utilized Talent.
- Start to see those forms of waste in your own environment.
Your next step: Challenge your teammates to find wastes and continuously improve processes.
