Team Arscott Girls (Ana, Kelsey, Kayla, Sophie, Danielle, Nahyung, and Alexa)

• Elimination or diminishing over-production waste can be achieved by creating an equation or exact way of calculation how to make each “bubble” or module that is a part of our structure. This way we won’t make a mistake.
• If we create whole sheet of skin instead of making each module and stitching it together (which requires more time and effort), we can decrease processing waste. The stitching does not add value.
• To eliminate any transport waste, we could buy all of our materials in the same place and have our diagram show exactly what needs to be built on site and what could be prepared ahead of time.
• In an ideal situation, all of the materials would be bought locally and distributed to customers locally in order for us to diminish transport waste.
• We need to order wood and it needs to be shipped. This might create waiting time waste. In order to diminish this we could work on the “skin” of our project and on the parts that we have the materials for while we wait for the structure materials.
• When buying materials, if we calculated the exact dimensions plus “wiggle room” we could make inventory waste a minimum. By adding this little addition of dimensions we can ensure that in the long run, there won’t be any additional wastes.
• One way we are accounting for defects is in the ordering of the wood we need. We have added a margin of “wiggle room” big enough to account for any production/shipping defects but small enough so as to diminish inventory waste.
• Another way to ensure the minimization of defects is by testing a lot. By doing this we can ensure that when we start our full-scale model, we won’t make any mistakes and will know exactly what we’re doing.
• To decrease processing waste we must have one reliable vehicle of communication. This way, we could contact each other directly and not waste time trying to reach one another.