Reduce waste.

• Position: Brief article

Niel Nickolaisen, an experienced operations improvement professional, has worked with Apex Logistics Group to reduce waste and streamline processes, ultimately improving the company's overall operations.

Throughout his years of experience consulting with various companies, Nickolaisen has found that many companies have wasteful processes that can be eliminated or reduced to ensure efficient operations.

He worked to identify and reduce the Seven Forms of Waste:

1. Rework: Anything we have to do over again because of mistakes we made the first time.

2. Over-Processing: Making things (products and processes) better than they have to be.

3. Waiting: Waiting for approvals, for inventory, for decisions, etc.

4. Over-Production: Doing or having extra steps or results in our...