• The participation of employees at the optimization process is too low
• The suggestion scheme is not working
• The number of suggestions per employee is too low

Waste Walk

1. Basic training  7+x types of waste
2. Basic training of the problem solving process
3. Current state of waste
4. Waste Walk with the employees
5. Measure definition
6. Tracking of key-figures relevant for Waste Walk
7. Pilot-conversion and coaching
8. Installation of the problem solving process (CIP-Process)
9. Standardized documentation (PCAR) and integration into the suggestion scheme
10. Planning of Waste Walk Roll-Out
11. Review

• 5 suggestions per employee per year
• Enhancement of employee satisfication
• Documentated and visualised process of improvement (Work group boards)

• Better improvement process
• Increase of the number of  VVs per employee
• The improvement process ist sustained by the employees