7 wastes

Consider the office worker where the printer is all the way over the other side of the office and time is wasted in walking to and from the device during the day. What type of waste is that?

• Over processing

• Transportation

• Motion

• Over production

Consider a report that is produced with errors on it that has to be reworked. Indicate the type of waste.

• Defect

• Inventory

• Motion

• All of these

When one process along the production line takes longer than it needs to, resulting in wasted worker time. Employees can be paid when not being productive, and materials can be spoilt when waiting for production.

• Motion

• Waiting

• Overprocessing

• TIMWOOD

Lean manufacturing relies on products delivering value to the customer, but not over-engineering any product. Any work that doesn’t need to be done, shouldn’t be done. It involves delivering more value than is needed by the customer.

• Motion

• Defect

• Over processing

• Over production

The process of moving something from one place to another. It does not add any value to the customer, so it should be minimized as much possible. This can be done by making plants closer together

• Motion

• Inventory

• Transportation

• None

Customers are typically willing to pay for what's considered....

• Value-Add work

• Over Processed

• More than what is required

• TIMWOOD

A production process based on an ideology of maximising productivity while simultaneously minimising waste within a manufacturing operation is known as

• Agile Manufacturing

• Over Manufacturing

• Lean Manufacturing

• Waste Generation

........ Refers to the seven types of waste in processes: overproduction, waiting, transportation, overprocessing, inventory, motion, and defects. The goal is to identify and eliminate these wastes to streamline operations and create more value for the customer.

• Mura

• Muri

• Muda

• Kaizen

A Japanese business philosophy that translates to change for the better or continuous improvement.

Focuses on gradually improving productivity and making a work environment more efficient.

• Mura

• Jidoka

• Kaizen

• Heijunka

Operating with minimum resources required to consistently deliver just when and where it is needed

• Just in Time

• Kaizen

• Muri

• Takt time