This free PDF guide walks you through the 8 Lean wastes using the acronym Tim Woods. 

Get tips on how to spot and correct each waste in this free PDF file.

The 8 wastes:

T – Transportation – the movement of stuff (not people)
I – Inventory – storage, stock, work in progress
M – Motion – movement of people (walking, clicking, key strokes)

W – Waiting – people or things waiting and waiting and waiting
O – Overproduction – making more than is needed
O – Overprocessing – making it too complicated to get things done
D – Defects – doing things wrong and having to go back and correct it
S – Skills – Under utilized or miss-applied skills of people