Lean in cannabis · cultivation · walk sheet
Mothers to harvest: the 8 wastes
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DateBatch or roomWalked by
Follow one batch or one room through a cycle. For each waste, write what you saw, where, and how often. No solutions yet. That comes after you've looked.
| Waste | What it looks like here | Where to look, what to ask | What I saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDefects | "Clones didn't root." Mildew or bud rot found late in flower. "Tag's on the wrong plant." | Propagation, scouting reports, tag moves.Where would an earlier check have caught it? | |
| OOverproduction | More clones cut than veg can take: "the clone graveyard." Mothers of strains nobody asks for. | Propagation, mother room, sales by strain.What are we growing that nobody reordered? | |
| WWaiting | Veg ready, flower room not turned. A spray on hold until someone IDs the bug. | Veg, empty flower rooms, open IPM findings.How many days from harvest to next plant-in? | |
| NNon-utilized talent | Growers doing tag data entry. Trim and budtender reads on a strain never reaching keep-or-cull. | The strain review, end of shift.Who knows how this strain trims and sells? | |
| TTransportation | Plants moved room to room more than once. Nutrient totes carried across the building. | One batch's move history, a floor plan.How many moves did this batch really need? | |
| IInventory | Mothers nobody cuts from. Veg overstuffed, waiting on a flip. Expired IPM product. Flower is process time. | Mother room, veg, IPM cabinet.How many plants in veg have no flower spot? | |
| MMotion | Walking every room to read meters by hand. Hunting for pruners, tags or the printer. | Meter rounds, a room during defoliation.How many trips out of the room per task? | |
| EExtra processing | A second defoliation pass. Hand-watering plants on drip. A batch split nobody planned (the re-tag is required). | Defoliation sign-offs, drip lines, batch splits.What did we do twice this cycle? |
Two numbers to write down: this room's turn time, harvest to next plant-in, and this week's canopy utilization.
Bring it back: who on the team should see this sheet before anyone proposes a fix?
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