Why waste?
Loosely defined, waste is any activity that clients are unwilling to pay for. Thankfully Toyota named them for us: Overproduction, Transportation, Motion, Waiting, Processing, Inventory, and Defects. By eliminating waste together, everyone wins. Clients get better products at a lower cost, employees receive the joy that they deserve from a day's work and ownership is rewarded with sustainable top- and bottom-line growth.
Truth Bit Pull
We have been blessed to serve over 40,000 guests on Kaas Waste Tours over the years. It's difficult to think of an industry or profession that has NOT spent time with us. By having a constant tempo of inquiring minds and outside eyes touring our facility, we have been given the rich opportunity to learn just how universal the 7 wastes are in all fields, not just our own. Through this learning, we think we may have stumbled into a set of sustainable countermeasures; a culture based on Truth Bit Pull.
Waste tour guests
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3M |
A-M Systems |
ALSCO |
AMT |
AT&T |
Abacus Fine Carpentry |
Access Laser Company |
Alaska Airlines |
Alaska Textiles |
Alderwood Student Ministries |
Allstar Glass |
Alta Group |
Ameresco |
Appen Butler Hill |
Auburn Consolidated Industries, Inc |
BE Aerospace |
BECU |
BETS Consulting |
BFF Foam Corporation LTD |
BNBuilders |
Bell Helicopter |
Bellevue College |
Bloodworks NW |
Boeing |
Bombardier |
Bucher Aerospace |
CMS |
Cargill |
Carpenter Canada |
Center for Advanced Manufacturing |
Center for Diagnostic Imaging |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
Cessna |
Charles Loomis Lighting |
Children’s Home Society of Washington |
Christensen Yatchs |
City of Bellevue |
Clearcreek Contractors |
Clearsnap Inc. |
Coastal Manufacturing |
Cochran |
Confluence Health |
Conrad Manufacturing |
Conversant |
Corazon Partners |
Cornerstone Orthotics and Prosthetics |
Crane Aerospace |
DAS Simplified |
DeaMor |
Delta Dental of Washington |
Design-On-Stock |
Dillon Works |
Dock High Logistics |
Dream Dinners |
Dynon Avionics |
Décor Chocolates |
EDCO |
Easy Go |
Edmonds Community College |
Electric Mirror |
Elements Hospitality |
Emerald Home Furnishings |
Emergency Reporting |
Esterline |
Everett Clinic |
Evergreen Heat and AC |
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center |
Evogear |
Evolution Fresh |
Exotic Metals |
FabTech |
Far Bank Enterprises |
Fastcap |
Firland Workshop |
First Baptist Church |
Fluke Corporation |
Foamex |
Frontier Bank |
Gallagher & Co. |
Gap |
Gemba |
Genie |
Goodrich |
Grand Banks |
Greenlee |
Greenpoint |
Group Health |
Harborview Medical Center |
Heath Tecna |
Herman Miller |
Holland America Line |
Horizon Air |
Hytek Finishes |
Image Mill |
Innovac |
Instrumentation Northwest |
Intermec Technologies |
Interplay |
Jacobson |
Jemco Components & Fabrication |
Karen Earl |
Kenworth Truck Company |
King County |
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital |
Korry Electronics |
Kuker Ranken |
Lady Americana |
Le Chef Bakery |
Lean Enterprise Institute |
Liberty Orchards |
Magnum Venus Products |
Merrill Lynch |
Meyer Wells |
Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc. |
Momentum |
Montana State University Engineering Students |
Multicare Auburn Medical Center |
NVL Laboratories, Inc. |
Nordstrom |
Northwest Professional Services |
Nu Element, Inc. |
OGB Millwork |
Office Max |
Orchard Group |
Overlake Hospital |
Ozone International |
PCC Farmland Trust |
PEMCO |
PJ Machining, Inc. |
Pacific Manufacturing |
Peacehealth |
Philips |
Point B |
Port of Seattle |
Premera |
Pro CNC Inc. |
Process Improvement Japan |
Providence Health & Services |
Puget Sound |
Qualitel Corporation |
RAM Technologies |
REI |
Rainer Valley Food Bank |
Raviyah |
Revel Consulting |
SBDC Small Business Development Center |
SME Chapter 39 |
SRAM |
Schnitzer Northwest LLC |
Seattle Childrens Hospital |
Seattle University |
Security Solutions |
Skoflo |
Slalom Consulting |
Snohomish Naturopathic Clinic |
South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce |
Sportworks |
Stanton |
Starbucks |
Stellar Industrial Supply |
Stoddard International |
Stone Research |
Summit Bodyworks |
Survival Technologies |
Synrad |
Techno-Aerospace |
Techno-Coatings |
Terex Ariel Work Platforms |
The Green Room |
The King’s Fund |
The Polyclinic |
Thyssenkrupp |
Toro |
Triad Consulting |
Trinity Western University |
Truckwell of Alaska |
UTC Aerospace Systems |
Umbra Cuscinetti Inc. |
United Way of Snohomish County |
University of Washington |
Vaupell |
Virginia Mason Medical Center |
Walker Project |
Washington State Prisons |
West Snohomish County Young Life |
Western Safety |
Western Washington University |
Westford Funeral Home |
Westmark |
Westwood Precision |
Xylem Design |
YPO |
Zodiac Aerospace |