Lean Enterprise Institute Logo
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Cart (0)
  • Account
  • Search
Lean Enterprise Institute Logo
  • Explore Lean
        • What is Lean?
        • The Lean Transformation Framework
        • A Brief History of Lean
        • Lexicon Terms
        • Topics to explore
          • Operations
          • Lean Product & Process Development
          • Administration & Support
          • Problem-Solving
          • Coaching
          • Executive Leadership
          • Line Management
  • The Lean Post
        • Subscribe to see exclusive content
          • Subscribe
        • Featured posts
          Edgar Schein and John Shook at the Stanford Lean Healthcare Academic Conference.

          In Honor of Dr. Edgar Schein: A...

          customer satisfaction icons

          How Can Lean Help Manage the Costs...

          • See all Posts
  • Events & Training
        • Custom Coaching and Learning Experiences
        • Co-Learning Partnerships
        • Forms and Templates
        • Featured learning
          • Lean Summit 2023

            March 08, 2023 | Optional Pre-Summit Workshops March 6-7
            Tucson, Arizona

          • Key Concepts of Lean Management Remotely 

            March 13, 2023 | Online Live Course

          • Building a Lean Operating and Management System 

            March 21, 2023 | Boston, MA

          • Improvement Kata/Coaching Kata Remotely

            April 10, 2023 | Online Live Course

          • See all Events
  • Store
        • Shopping Cart
        • Featured books
          Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process

          Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process

          Learning to See

          Learning to See

          • See all Books
  • About Us
        • Our people
          • Senior Advisors and Staff
          • Faculty
          • Board of Directors
        • Contact Us
        • Lean Global Network
        • Press Releases
        • In the News
        • Careers
        • About us

The Lean Post / Articles / Conveyance: The Perfect Place for Waste

Conveyance: The Perfect Place for Waste

Operations

Conveyance: The Perfect Place for Waste

By Andrew Quibell

May 12, 2016

In the latest installment of his series of sketches and animations covering areas of waste in manufacturing, Andrew Quibell gives us a look at conveyance. "We all know that moving materials provides zero value to the customer or ourselves," he writes. "It's the perfect place for waste to hide." Read more.

FacebookTweetLinkedInEmailPrintComment

Conveyance: The Perfect Place for Waste

In continuing our exploration of the four key areas of waste in manufacturing, we now come to the second waste – conveyance. We all know that moving materials provides zero value to the customer or ourselves. It’s the perfect place for waste to hide.

An unfortunate measure I’ve seen some organizations take to “improve” conveyance is building up an inventory of materials. Their thought behind this is that if they’re not moving the materials, then there can’t be any conveyance waste. Right?

Not exactly. Inventory chokes your business with waste; so much so that I posted a sketch about it last month. What’s a better remedy for conveyance? Take a look at this month’s sketch and find out – and don’t forget to watch my animation too.

FacebookTweetLinkedInEmailPrintComment

Written by:

Andrew Quibell

About Andrew Quibell

Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Andrew Quibell entered the automotive industry in the mid 1980’s as a trainee quality engineer. He advanced through the ranks into quality management and worked in several established tier-1 companies in the UK before joining the Textron division Kautex in 2002. Quibell entered Textron’s Lean Black Belt program in 2006, eventually becoming a leading lean practitioner in the business, working primarily in high volume manufacturing. His roles at Kautex included VP CI Global and Director, Quality – Global.

Prior to leaving the automotive sector, Quibell sat on Textron’s Quality & Continuous Improvement Council while also working as a regional advisor within Toyota’s tier-1 supplier base organization BAMA. Currently Quibell holds status as a Chartered Member of the UK CQI, a Senior Member of the ASQ, an Incorporated Engineer within ICME, and is registered as a principal auditor in QMS with IRCA.

In January 2016 Quibell left Kautex and moved into the printing industry, joining CIMPRESS – a leader in mass customization of printed products – as their Global Head of Quality Assurance.  Presently Andrew lives with his wife and daughter in the Windsor / Greater Detroit area.

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related

improvement kata coaching kata model 2

Operations

The Fundamentals of Improvement and Coaching Kata

Article by Lean Leaper

sensei back belt close up

Operations

Ask Art: Why is a Lean Sensei Necessary?

Article by Art Byrne

product engineers standing around a 3D printer

Operations

Developing Products is a Team Sport

Article by Lean Leaper

Related books

The Power of Process – A Story of Innovative Lean Process Development

The Power of Process – A Story of Innovative Lean Process Development

by Eric Ethington and Matt Zayko

The Gold Mine (Audio CD)

The Gold Mine (Audio CD)

by Freddy Ballé and Michael Ballé

Related events

March 08, 2023 | Optional Pre-Summit Workshops March 6-7
Tucson, Arizona

Lean Summit 2023

Learn more

March 21, 2023 | Boston, MA

Building a Lean Operating and Management System 

Learn more

Explore topics

Operations graphic icon Operations

Subscribe to get the very best of lean thinking delivered right to your inbox

Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

©Copyright 2000-2023 Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.
Lean Enterprise Institute, the leaper image, and stick figure are registered trademarks of Lean Enterprise Institute, Inc.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Learn More. ACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!