Most companies have some degree of waste, however that which is AVOIDABLE but al

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Most companies have some degree of waste, however that which is AVOIDABLE but allowed to continue unabated is chronic waste. Unfortunately, many organizations have chronic waste which becomes a burden to delivery of customer value. Waste has a cost and chronic waste implies increased costs to the customer and/or a reduced financial return for the stakeholders. In a sense, organizations take the batteries out of the smoke detector. This means you have become so accepting of the waste that we do not see it even though it is in front of you. Clear your thoughts....look around your organization....and comment on what you see. --------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLES: unwanted turnover....unnecessary and bureaucratic delays that add time....preventable accidents....product recalls....inventory overages....it is a long list.

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I fully endorse the views expressed in the narration about the waste management in most of the organization. Therefore my solution to the problem is intervention on the part of third party including government mandatory inspections to be undertaken periodically and also as and when the situations demand. Social media can play an important role in disbursing the data and information on social portals so as to pressurize the concerned organizations to be proactive rather than being reactive to the generation and disposal of wastes in all walks of life. More importantly, recyclers, quality inspectors and technology developers may be allowed to audit the processes with socio-economic objectives. In today's competitive world the term waste is being replaced by recylceables and focus has to be on the productivity and efficiency of operations so as to survive and grow.

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