The Eight Costly Areas of
Printing Administrative Waste
1)
Overproduction
Producing reports no one reads or needs
Making extra copies of jobs tickets
Printing, e-mailing, sending, or faxing the same document multiple times
2)
Waiting Waste
Excessive signatures or approvals
Delays in receiving information and order specifications
Computer program inadequacies and problems
3)
Motion Waste
Searching for work documents
Hand-carrying paperwork to another department or process
Chasing down obsolete job tickets because of customer changes
4)
Transport Waste
Delivering documents that are not required
Excessive filing of work documents
E-mail distribution lists that are not up-to-date
5)
Over-processing Waste
Duplicating reports or information
Repetitive data entry into nonintegrated software applications
Constantly revising documents
6)
Inventory Waste
Files awaiting signatures or approvals
Purchasing excessive inventory materials
Obsolete office equipment or management software
7)
Defect Waste
Data entry errors
Pricing and quoting errors
Incomplete or incorrect information on job tickets or purchase orders
8)
Underutilized People
Over staffed or poor distribution of wor
Employees in the wrong position
Lack of employee input or participation
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Profectus, Inc
. 2010
Producing reports no one reads or needs