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Q 772. What’s One Practice in Your Organization That Looks Efficient — But Isn’t? In many organizations, certain practices or reports are praised for being “lean,” “automated,” or “standardized.” But on closer inspection, they may add little value, hide inefficiencies, or even mislead decision-makers. Think of one such practice in your organization or past experience. Why is it perceived as efficient? And what makes it actually ineffective when viewed through a Business Excellence lens? 🏆 The best answer will be selected on the basis of: Insightfulness of the chosen practice Depth of analysis in identifying hidden inefficiencies Relevance and clarity in linking it to Business Excellence principles Note for website visitors - This platform hosts two weekly questions, one on Monday and the other on Thursday. All previous questions can be found here: https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/. To participate in the current question, please visit the forum homepage at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/. The question will be open until Monday or Thursday at 5 PM Indian Standard Time, depending on the launch day. Responses will not be visible until they are reviewed, and only non-plagiarised answers with less than 5-10% plagiarism will be considered for winner selection. If you are unsure about plagiarism, please check your answer using a plagiarism checker tool such as https://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ before submitting. All correct answers shall be published, and the top-rated answer will be displayed first. The author will receive an honourable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term. Some people seem to be using AI platforms to find forum answers. This is a risky approach as AI responses are error-prone because our questions are application-oriented (they are never straightforward). Have a look at this funny example - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/topic/39458-using-ai-to-respond-to-forum-questions/ We also use an AI content detector at https://quillbot.com/ai-content-detector. Only answers with less than 45-50% AI-generated content will be considered for winner selection.