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WAITING waste is another costly waste explained in our series of lean manufacturing DOWNTIME waste. These production delays hurt your productivity and other operational factors far beyond wasted labor costs.

It's briefly introduced in this January magazine ad, but connect with your experienced GSG rep for more valuable info >> https://bit.pulse.ly/4ej3y1tml3

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Give your customer comfort they can see AND feel with a high-quality, plush quilted bed. Give your sales staff an effective message with a creative panel like this zoned design with a different construction for head/feet zones and mid-section zone.

Connect with your experienced GSG rep for more ideas to help maximize the curb appeal of your next mattress design >> https://bit.pulse.ly/s9qtsm7qkc

DOWNTIME, an acronym for 8 forms of costly waste in the process, addresses important issues that can cripple your operations.

GSG has solutions for each of these areas of waste in the factory. We're sharing practical information is a series of blog posts on our website.

Click on any of these links to get up to speed on the first three topics:
Defects > https://bit.pulse.ly/eheili1o30
Over-production > https://bit.pulse.ly/qnhfofdkv0
Waiting > https://bit.pulse.ly/yngytns9th

Eight GSG solutions for DOWNTIME waste Eight GSG solutions for DOWNTIME wasteRandy Metcalf on 11/20/2024DOWNTIME is a common acronym for eight costly types of waste identified in lean manufacturing methodologies. Some forms of waste are obvious, and easily remedied, but others persist and compound their damage daily.Defects | Over-Proces...

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"... staff members at restaurants were responsible for squeezing the lemons, which sometimes resulted in injured fingers... By taking the task out of the staff’s hands and streamlining it through automation, the company hopes to make working at its locations more appealing..."
(Fox Business article, 01/09/2025)

is not just about cutting labor cost. It makes the workplace more favorable to workers and improves employee retention. That's crucial in this unstable labor market.

Do you have a process in your factory that puts your employees at risk or find it hard to retain workers? Connect with your experienced GSG rep to review options >> https://bit.pulse.ly/a8oy4adbro

https://foxbusiness.pulse.ly/5ifyzf6jxr

Chick-fil-A's lemon-squeezing robots cut over 10,000 labor hours per day: report Chick-fil-A's lemon-squeezing site north of Los Angeles has cut nearly 10,000 hours of work per day by processing lemons into lemon juice later used for lemonade.

The latest blog post in our series about lean manufacturing's waste is available now. WAITING in a process hurts worker productivity, disrupts production schedules, and it can lead to quality issues as downstream workers struggle to make up time.

GSG has solutions to reduce WAITING waste in your factory. Connect with your experienced rep to learn more.

Read more about the costs of WAITING waste here >>

WAITING, a component of lean manufacturing’s DOWNTIME waste, reduces final product value by reducing productivity, increasing cycle times and increasing risk of defects hurrying work in downstream processes. Excessive idle time during production processes reduces worker productivity, disrupts schedules and delays orders.