Not landfill waste — the waste of motion, waiting, overproduction, defects.
The seven deadly wastes of Lean.
The carton sits 90% of its journey. Arrive · stage · count · recount · store.
Time that buys nothing — that is waiting waste. We draw the stream,
and invisible costs get coordinates.
Each downstream defect is rework upstream,
compounding like interest.
Problem statement · goal · scope · baseline.
A belt refuses to fix anything she cannot measure.
Fixes without baselines are opinions with invoices.
Define is where Lean meets rigor — a name, a number,
and a champion who owns it.