10. FAQs

Have you ever done a company like ours?

This is one of the most interesting questions that I get asked. The answer is pretty easy. Probably not or if I did one like yours, it still wasn’t yours. And that doesn’t matter a bit.

The War on Waste is about fixing a company’s processes. It doesn’t make any difference what business you are in, the first question that we ask in the program is, “What do you do here to make money?”

That is what determines waste in the company. If for instance you are a bank or finance company, this is not an easy answer. Do you make it only when you take in savings of your customers and invest them? Or are there other things that you do?

So getting clear on this is the very first thing you do in the War on Waste. Once you know how the company makes money, then the whole process flows from there.
Other questions:

When can I ever do the War on Waste?
How much does it cost?

Of course there are a hundred questions that we get asked but the bottom line is the target of 50 to 1 for small companies and 100 to 1 for large companies worth it. If we can do that all day long, the War on Waste is a good deal.