Tag - Waste Reduction in Business (Muda)

What are the types of waste in business? Toyota determined that there are 7 types (Muda in Japanese), this has since been amended to 8. Waste reduction stems from these 8 types. The amount of waste increases to around 20 in an office environment. Surprising! Waste implies inefficiencies. The 80/20 Rule will find the biggest issues. Then Kaizen will create incremental improvement. Identify constraints and bottlenecks with the Theory of Constraints. This leads to capturing waste in the wilds of your production system. Measure and document the waste with Lean Management. Waste reduction will create more and more instances of waste. Learn how to prioritise.

How to Use 5 Whys Problem Solving Technique

Five Whys and its sister Five Hows is a brainstorming tool that drives you to the reasons behind something happening when it is not obvious (5 Whys problem solving) or a desired outcome (5 Hows strategy).  Yellow Belt article

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How Kaizen Leads to Continuous Incremental Improvement

Most improvement is an incremental process.  It is rare to get something completely right the first time so, over time, we improve parts of the system so as to continue to improve the whole.  A Japanese phase for such incremental improvement is 'Kaizen".  Read this article for insights into incremental...

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SM4.0 Business Efficiency: Waste Reduction Introduction

Eight Types of Waste The well-known Toyota car company identified seven types of waste that had an impact on Productivity and Profit.  An eighth has been added more recently.  By gradually reducing these wastes, you can improve the Productivity and Profit of your business.  In Japanese, this is referred to as reducing "muda" (pronounced Moo-da).  This article discusses how...

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