What is value? That’s simple: Value is what the customer is willing to pay for. But here’s the problem: our industry is flooded with Waste. It’s everywhere we look: in our schedules, in our processes, in our contracts, in our daily activities. Construction Industry Institute says 57% of construction labor is wasted. No wonder many projects are late and over budget! Waste is like water to a fish – it’s all around us and we don’t see it. We cannot eliminate what we can’t see. This course helps you to see the Waste, to identify it among the classic 8 Wastes, easily remembered by the acronym D-O-W-N-T-I-M-E: Defects, Over-Processing, Waiting, Non-Utilized human talent, Transportation, Inventory, Motion and Extra Production.

Armed with that knowledge you will be able to find ways to eliminate Waste, starting with yourself and working outward to the entire project and organization. Everything you do all day long is either Value…or it is Waste. Teach others to see waste by going on Waste Walks. And learn that as you eliminate Waste, you open the way to Flow, which leads to greater freedom and higher value.