Chapter 4
Beginning Your Journey
Waste Walk
Now that you have a basic understanding of the nine wastes, it is time to get out of the conference room and go on a gemba walk. Gemba is a Japanese term that means “go to the place” or “go see.” To perform our waste walk, we will go to the place and see for ourselves.
Our walk begins at the end of the production cycle—that is, the finished goods warehouse—and proceeds backward through product packaging, final inspection, product test, assembly, raw material production floor delivery, raw material ...
