7 Waste
VARIOUS WASTES
IN
MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION
To get a world-class company it is fundamental to eliminate and avoid any waste (muda) in manufacturing and also service processes.
Waste is any activity or process that adds cost but adds no value (for the customer).
Up to 80% of the work that goes on in any organisation is adding no value to your customers
Muda = waste (in its many forms)
Muda (is a Japanese word meaning "futility; uselessness; idleness; superfluity; waste; wastage; wastefulness",and is a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) as one of the three types of waste (muda, mura, muri).
Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Toyota merely picked up these three words beginning with the prefix mu-,which in Japan are widely recognized as a reference to a product improvement program or campaign.
A process adds value by producing goods or providing a service that a customer will pay for. A process consumes resources and waste occurs when more resources are consumed than are necessary to produce the goods or provide the service that the customer actually wants. The attitudes and tools of the TPS heighten awareness and give whole new perspectives on identifying waste and therefore the unexploited opportunities associated with reducing waste.
Muda has been given much greater attention as waste than the other two which means that whilst many Lean practitioners have learned to see muda they fail to see in the same prominence the wastes of mura (unevenness) and muri (overburden). Thus whilst they are focused on getting their process under control they do not give enough time to process improvement by redesign.
Category of Waste (Muda) : Type one vs. type two
Waste can also be categorized as:
1. Type one muda - adds no value and can be eliminated immediately. "That's embarrassing. Let's stop doing that."
2. Type two muda - adds no value, but is required for the way things are currently done. (e.g. inspection,
IN
MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION
To get a world-class company it is fundamental to eliminate and avoid any waste (muda) in manufacturing and also service processes.
Waste is any activity or process that adds cost but adds no value (for the customer).
Up to 80% of the work that goes on in any organisation is adding no value to your customers
Muda = waste (in its many forms)
Muda (is a Japanese word meaning "futility; uselessness; idleness; superfluity; waste; wastage; wastefulness",and is a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) as one of the three types of waste (muda, mura, muri).
Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Toyota merely picked up these three words beginning with the prefix mu-,which in Japan are widely recognized as a reference to a product improvement program or campaign.
A process adds value by producing goods or providing a service that a customer will pay for. A process consumes resources and waste occurs when more resources are consumed than are necessary to produce the goods or provide the service that the customer actually wants. The attitudes and tools of the TPS heighten awareness and give whole new perspectives on identifying waste and therefore the unexploited opportunities associated with reducing waste.
Muda has been given much greater attention as waste than the other two which means that whilst many Lean practitioners have learned to see muda they fail to see in the same prominence the wastes of mura (unevenness) and muri (overburden). Thus whilst they are focused on getting their process under control they do not give enough time to process improvement by redesign.
Category of Waste (Muda) : Type one vs. type two
Waste can also be categorized as:
1. Type one muda - adds no value and can be eliminated immediately. "That's embarrassing. Let's stop doing that."
2. Type two muda - adds no value, but is required for the way things are currently done. (e.g. inspection,