TIMWOODS Kaizen / Continuous Improvement Whiteboard

The TIMWOODS Kaizen / Continuous improvement board identifies the Eight Wastes and sets up clear countermeasures. Each of the Eight Wastes (Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over production, Over processing, Defects and Skills (underutilization) are referred to by the acronym ‘TIMWOODS’. These wastes represent non-value-added activities in a process or system and are targeted for elimination or reduction to improve efficiency and productivity. In order to identify and deal with wastes, a simple yet effective visual management board is vital.

This specially designed TIMWOODS – The Eight Wastes Kaizen Board, helps you to:

• identify your hidden wastes
• convey hidden wastes to the employees and create awareness,
• develop countermeasures to reduce/eliminate wastes,
• assign responsibility and track the project status.

Each lean area has room for 3 identified wastes and the opportunity to create countermeasures with a designated owner, review date and current status.

Waste is Undesirable for Industry and Should be Eliminated!

It can be quite challenging to eliminate all the wastes completely. There is a need to find an optimum solution to help eliminate them. As a first step, it is essential to identify the wastes. Lean categorizes waste into 8 types and suggests ways to deal with them logically. The TIMWOODS board not just helps you identify your hidden wastes but also helps you to develop countermeasures for the different types of wastes, assign responsibility and track the status.

The TIMWOODS board grabs the attention of the shop floor and gets staff’s attention and, therefore, making them eager to learn more!

The printed TIMWOODS board is frameless and printed with dye sublimation printing. The totally smooth surface is easy to dry erase. These boards allow you to update all or part of your custom printed whiteboard designs in the future at minimal cost (less waste!). Each of the individual boards can be continually improved and customized.