Wastes

The Wastes Impact Type tracks the financial impact related to your organization's waste.

In the standard version of KaiNexus, Impact Types include Cost Savings, Cost Avoidance, Revenue Generation, Time Savings, Quality, Safety, Satisfaction, Health, and Environment. With the Advanced ROI Module, you gain access to additional Impact Types, including the Waste Impact Type.

Wastes can be grouped under Folders for organizational purposes. These groupings will be represented in the Waste drop-down when adding a Waste Impact to an Item's Resolution.

Examples of Waste

Tracking waste elimination is essential for organizations looking to improve process efficiency and reduce costs. 

• Excess inventory
• Defective products
• Packaging waste
• Food spoilage
• Single-use paper products
• Broken devices
• Overprocessing
• Transportation

Who can manage Wastes and Folders?

Anyone with the "Quality Administrator" permission can manage Wastes and Folders.

People with other Administrator permissions may be able to access the Wastes Administration page, but will not be able to make changes to it.

Create Wastes and Folders

To create a new Waste or Folder, navigate to the Wastes administration page, then:

• Click Add at the top of the list of Wastes.

• • To create a new Folder, click Create Folder in the resulting drop-down menu and the Create Folder window will open.
    • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this Folder.
    • Description: Enter an optional description in this field.
    • Locations: Use this field to search for and select the appropriate Locations for this Folder. The selected Locations will be implicitly inherited by any Locations nested under this Folder.
    • Click Save.
  • To create a new Waste, click Create Waste in the resulting drop-down menu and the Create Waste window will open.

• • • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this Waste.
    • Description: Enter an optional description in this field. The description will appear when hovering over the Waste's name in the list of Wastes.
    • Rate: Enter the estimated monetary value for this Waste. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
    • Currency: This option is only available if your organization is using multiple currencies. Expand the drop-down to select the currency that applies to this Waste.
    • The Default checkbox: When this checkbox is enabled, this Waste will be selected by default whenever someone goes to record a Waste Impact, though they will be able to change that selection if necessary.
      
      Only one Waste can be selected as the default.
    • Locations: Use this field to search for and select the appropriate Locations for this Waste.
      
      The Location(s) entered here, as well as the Locations entered for the Folder under which this Waste is nested, if any, will determine for which users and Items this Waste will be available. When resolving an Item with a Waste Impact, a user will only be able to add a Waste that has no associated Locations, that is in their Location or below, or that is in the Item's Responsible or Originating Locations or below.

• • • The Advanced section:
      
      • Hours/Day: Enter the average number of hours per day this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
      • Days/Week: Enter the average number of days per week this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
      • Weeks/Year: Enter the average number of weeks per year this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
    • Click Save.

Edit a Waste or Folder

To edit a Waste or Folder, navigate to the Wastes administration page, then:

• Hover over the Waste or Folder you want to edit so that it's highlighted blue, then click the pencil icon that appears to its right.

• • If editing a Folder, the Edit Folder window will open. Update the following information as necessary:
    • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this Folder.
    • Description: Enter an optional description in this field.
    • Locations: Use this field to search for and select the appropriate Locations for this Folder. The selected Locations will be implicitly inherited by any Locations nested under this Folder.
  • Click Save.
  • If editing a Waste, the Edit Waste window will open. Update the following information as necessary:
    
    • Name (required): The name will be used to identify this Waste.
    • Description: Enter an optional description in this field. The description will appear when hovering over the Waste's name in the list of Wastes.
    • Rate: Enter the estimated monetary value for this Waste. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
    • Currency: This option is only available if your organization is using multiple currencies. Expand the drop-down to select the currency that applies to this Waste.
    • The Default checkbox: When this checkbox is enabled, this Waste will be selected by default whenever someone goes to record a Waste Impact, though they will be able to change that selection if necessary.
      
      Only one Waste can be selected as the default.
    • Locations: Use this field to search for and select the appropriate Locations for this Waste.
      
      The Location(s) entered here, as well as the Locations entered for the Folder under which this Waste is nested, if any, will determine for which users and Items this Waste will be available. When resolving an Item with a Waste Impact, a user will only be able to add a Waste that has no associated Locations, that is in their Location or below, or that is in the Item's Responsible or Originating Locations or below.
    • The Advanced section:
      
      • Hours/Day: Enter the average number of hours per day this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
      • Days/Week: Enter the average number of days per week this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
      • Weeks/Year: Enter the average number of weeks per year this Waste is generated. This value will be used to calculate the financial impact of this type of Waste.
    • Click Save.

Organize the list of Wastes

Wastes can be nested under Folders. Folders and Wastes are otherwise automatically alphabetized in the list.

To move a Waste in or out of a Folder, navigate to the Wastes administration page. Next, locate the Waste you want to move, then click and hold its name and drag and drop it to its new position. A dashed line will appear in its new position before you release it. Dropping a Waste directly onto a Folder will nest it under that Folder.

Delete a Waste or Folder

What happens when a Waste or Folder is deleted?

• Deleted Wastes that have already been added to an Item's Resolution will remain in place and continue to contribute to the organization's metrics until that Resolution is next updated, at which point they will need to be replaced.
• Deleted Wastes and Folders will no longer appear when working with Items' Resolutions or filtering Item Lists or Reports.

Delete a Waste or Folder

To delete a Waste or Folder, navigate to the Wastes administration page, then:

• Hover over the Waste or Folder you want to delete so that it's highlighted blue, then click the x icon that appears to its right.

• In the resulting confirmation window, click Delete.