7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing You Must Not Ignore

Here are the 7 Popular Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

1. TRANSPORT

The transfer of goods from one location to another can be a waste

to TIME and CASH

2. INVENTORY

PRODUCTS are LEFT in INVENTORY before going out for ACTUAL SALES

which is a WASTE of TIME and LABOUR

3. MOTION

Stressful MOTION put UNWANTED STRAIN on both the workforce and

machine with leads to LOST TIME and PRODUCTIVITY.

4. WAITING

Waiting for MACHINES to be REPAIRED and for a QUERY to be ANSWERED are

WASTE of PRODUCTIVE TIME

5. Over-Processing

LARGE MACHINE slows down work as every process requires going through

them and this leads to SERIOUS WASTE

6. OVERPRODUCTION

Making TOO MUCH or TOO EARLY of PRODUCT that is NOT REALLY REQUIRED leads to WASTEFUL INVENTORY and TRANSPORT

7. DEFECTS

ANY DEFECTS in the product lead to POOR QUALITY – REPAIR leads

to WASTE of INVESTMENT.

So those are the 7 WASTES of LEAN MANUFACTURING that

are CRUCIAL to your PRODUCTION

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