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The Quiet Cost of Manual Handoffs


Waste rarely announces itself. It hides in the space between two teams who each believe the process works.

S & Co. Editorial · April 8, 2026


Every handoff is a chance for information to degrade.

Map the value stream with the people who do the work, not with the people who describe it.

Remove the handoff before you automate it.

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