The 7 Types of Waste

Question 1

What is The 3M?

Answer 1

1. Muda: activities that don’t add value.
2. Mura: worked that is not balanced.
3. Muri: overloading creates burden for the team members or processes.

Question 2

The 7 types of waste Muda:

Answer 2

1. Inventory
2. Waiting
3. Defects
4. Overproduction
5. Motion
6. Transportation
7. Over-processing

Question 3

Additional wastes:

Answer 3

8. Underutilized people.
9. Environmental waste.

Question 4

examples of underutilized talent:

Answer 4

1. Limiting the authority of middle managers by requiring frequent approvals from owners, or upper managers, before projects can continue.
2. Having to find one person each time something needs to be signed or checked in.
3. Assigning workers to jobs that do not fit their skills and passions.
4. Not consulting with the team when creating and reviewing work procedures and workflow systems.

Question 5

Solutions for waste:

Answer 5

1. 5S
2. Process mapping
3. Value stream mapping
4. Spaghetti diagram
5. Pull system
6. Kaizen

Question 6

What’s 5S?

Answer 6

1. Sort
2. Set in order
3. Shine
4. Standardize
5. Sustain