Measure the time for each your process steps. You will use the process steps from your Assignment 2. The P in your SIPOC is where you can find your process steps. In addition, you will also measure the total time of your process and that will become one of your KPI's in future assignments.

You will conduct a time study for the overall time for your process. You will conduct a time study (Link) of your process to measure the overall time from beginning to end, as well as, the time for each process step (the 5-7 steps) on your process map from assignment 2.

You will Perform a waste audit to identify the wastes in this process using the provided waste audit template (link). After completing the textbook and supplemental article readings, you should have sufficient knowledge to critically identify wastes in your defined process.Challenge your current thinking about the process when analyzing potential issues (see waste you never quite saw before, must have 3 per category). Look at your process, and use the waste categories to identify3 wastes in your process for each category. (The optional lecture has specific examples)

Lessons learned: Please write a brief paragraph sharing your reflections/lessons learned from doing this assignment. It should include how you personally benefited from doing this assignment. It should address these questions. Have you clarified a real problem? Can you show the gap between the target and current conditions? Did you uncover the most meaningful information to support your analysis? Did you find a root cause? Did you capture this material in a clear and concise manner?