How Lean Six Sigma Can Help You Prepare Your RPA Projects
More and more scientific articles are dealing with the combination of two concepts: Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). RPA is a software technology that makes it easy to build, deploy, and manage robots that emulate human actions interacting with systems and software. It is a tool used to help operate more […]
Data analysis and performance monitoring in a customer centre
Project Name Performance monitoring in a customer centre Industry Transport of passengers Achievements List of standard indicators (SLA & KPI) between communication channels Mock-ups for performance reporting at all hierarchical levels Reduction of time required to build reports (from 15% to 10% of weekly hours) The Challenge The client is specialized in passenger transport. They […]
The Story Behind Our Visual Identity
Want to know more about what we do? Then, you must read the story behind our visual identity. Learning to see waste and then systematically eliminate it; that’s what we strive for at Zerwaste. Our mission is to turn waste into opportunities by solving operational challenges today and improving circularity for tomorrow. We help you […]
How to See Waste: The 7+1 Muda
What is Muda? What are the 8 types of waste? How to identify and eliminate them? Muda is one of the main and most powerful concepts in Lean Six Sigma. Muda lies at the heart of the Toyota Production System philosophy. In my previous post, I explained how Lean focuses on cutting wasteful non-value-adding activities […]
My Lean Six Sigma Journey: A series
Hello everyone and welcome to my Lean Six Sigma Journey! I have joined Zerwaste as a digital data analyst and marketing intern this February. As part of my training, I am delving into the world of Lean Six Sigma and I have decided to take you along with me. Having worked as a business journalist […]
DMAIC Analysis of the Production Flow of a Steel Company (Reducing waste : inventory, waiting time & overproduction)
Project Name Improvement of the production flow. Industry Manufacturing of steel Achievements Categorization of the product types and their respective Cycle Time. Data model generating impact on the production due to an improvement of the Cycle Time of machines. For example, a reduction of 10 seconds of Cycle Time from the bottleneck machine involves an […]
Lean Management in a Medical Insurance Company
Lean Management in a Medical Insurance Company Project Name: Lean Deployment for Medical Insurance Industry: Insurance Achievements: Informed and educated workforce on Lean methods Gathered improvement opportunities through workforce’s own observations Successful achievement of specific lean practices within insurance and hospital management practice ABC is a Belgian insurance company that works closely with hospitals and […]
We are socially, economically and politically addicted to growth.
We are socially, economically and politically addicted to growth. Let’s try to shift our mindsets and reimagine the way we shape progress/growth with Kate. In her video she is asking very interesting questions like this one, “Does our economies we need to grow or thrive ?” Enjoy this food for thoughts
Nature is our ally to defend ourselves from planet breakdown
By drawing down carbon from the atmosphere, nature is our ally to defend ourselves from planet breakdown. Initiatives to recover forests, peat bogs, salt marshes and the seabed are very good but it takes many years to have a positive CO2 impact on the planet. Meanwhile companies have to quickly design out waste like waiting […]
Why Should You Care About Being a Circular Company?
It’s always good to start with why ! This “Why Should You Care About Being a Circular Company” video of Ellen MacArthur Foundation is giving a first great view of what’s happening in the Circular Economy world. Jarkko Havas is repeating the importance of data to be able to measure what is needed to do to develop a circular […]