IGLC.net EXPORT DATE: 29 March 2024 @CONFERENCE{Macomber2004, author={Macomber, Hal and Howell, Gregory }, editor={Bertelsen, Sven and Formoso, Carlos T. }, title={The Two Great Wastes in Organizations}, journal={12th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, booktitle={12th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, year={2004}, url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/303}, affiliation={Principal, Lean Project Consulting, 36 Kirkland Drive, Andover, MA 01810. 978/470-8994. hmacomber@leanproject.com. ; Managing Director. Lean Construction Institute, Box 1003, Ketchum, ID 83340. 208/726-9989. ghowell@leanconstruction.org. }, abstract={The Toyota Production System is so successful that people look for ways to apply the lean production ideas and methods in organization settings. One of those ways is the force-fitting of Engineer Taiichi Ohno's seven wastes to organizations and projects. While organizations and projects manipulate materiel, they are better characterized by their actions of accomplishing something together - coordinating action, learning, and innovating. The seven wastes don't address those actions. Attempts to add to the seven wastes have to date broken the Ohno taxonomy. The authors propose a novel set of distinctions on the principal sources ofwaste in organizational settings. }, author_keywords={Leadership, project management, and lean construction. }, address={Helsingør, Denmark }, issn={ }, publisher={ }, language={English}, document_type={Conference Paper}, source={IGLC}, }