Assignment: Identifying Waste NSG 451

Assignment: Identifying Waste NSG 451

Week 2 assignment

Identifying Waste

Think about the clinical environment where you work or one
in which you previously worked.

Identify opportunities for waste reduction. Consider the
following:

Setting: administrative, operational, clinical

Efficiency

Value to patient

Suggest process changes to improve the situation.

Write a 175-word communication to frontline staff and nurse
leaders explaining your findings.

Develop a 7- to 10-slide presentation for your department.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation
and communication.

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Waste Identification
Waste Identification includes assigning process steps to the following labels:

Value-Added
Non-Value Added but needed, and
Non-Value Added and not needed.
Identifying which label these tasks fall under can allow you to remove the “Non-Value Added and not needed” tasks, therefore improving the overall process.

Value-Added Steps
An activity that transforms or shapes material or information,
And the customer wants it,
And it’s done right the first time.
Non Value-Added — Needed Steps
Activities causing no value to be created, but which cannot be eliminated based on current state of technology or thinking.
Required (regulatory, customer mandate, legal).
Necessary (due to non-robustness of process, currently required; current risk tolerance).
Non Value-Added – Not Needed Steps
Activities that consume resources but create no value in the eyes of the customer.
Pure waste.
If you can’t get rid of the activity, it becomes a “Non-Value Added – Needed Activity.”
Eight Different Types of Waste
When reviewing processes, we look for eight different types of waste. These wastes add cost to the business without adding value to the customer.

1) Defects
Producing defective work that needs to be redone is waste.

Examples include:

Redoing applications, errors in work
Order entry errors
Design errors
Order changes
Employee turnover
Possible ways to eliminate this waste:

Establish standardized work procedures and office forms
Create and post job aids
2) Overproduction
Producing too much of something or producing it before it is required.

Examples include:

Producing services or information that no one needs or uses.
Printing paperwork before it is needed.
Purchasing items before they are needed.
Processing paperwork before the next person is ready for it.
Possible ways to eliminate this waste:

Establish a workflow sequence to satisfy the downstream customer.
Create workplace norms and standards for each process.
Create signaling devices to prevent early processing.