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Quick Waste Scan: 60-Minute Walkthrough (Interactive)

A guided, saveable 60-minute walkthrough that helps teams observe flow, capture evidence, record quick metrics, and propose a concrete first experiment.

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Quick Waste Scan — 60-Minute Walkthrough

This interactive checklist helps a small team or a single improver run a focused 60-minute scan to find obvious, fixable waste while preserving customer value. Use it during a shop-floor walkthrough, process observation, or service shift review. Record observations, quick metrics, and a small experiment you can run immediately. Save the scan so your team can follow up.

Where are you scanning? (floor, line, team, department, or process name)
Which team or shift is present?
Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
How many minutes did you spend on this scan?
Sketch key steps or write a short sequence of steps (input a short list).
Where do items, people, or information wait? Be specific about location/stage.
Describe any rework loops, repeated steps, handoff delays, or defects you saw.
Note places with excess stock, buffers, or queued work (counts or visual estimate).
Describe any wasted movement of people, tools, or material.
Check all that apply.
If you selected Other, briefly describe it.
Record any quick measurements: cycle times, queue lengths, rework %, counts, or headcounts. These can be rough estimates but capture units and time period.
If you took photos or notes, list filenames, timestamps, or where they are stored so others can find them.
Where did flow slow most?
Describe a small, time-boxed experiment you can run in the next 1–14 days. Keep it simple and reversible.
Estimate what you expect to improve and how you'll measure it (e.g., reduce waiting by X minutes per unit).
Who will lead the experiment?
How long will you run the experiment before evaluating?
State one or two concrete indicators that will show success.
1.0 10.0
Check practical next steps you plan to take.
Anything that might prevent the experiment or affect results?
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