How To Effectively Identify Waste Factors

How To Effectively Identify Waste Factors

Whether your company is already engaged in lean manufacturing or wanting to reduce the onset of waste in general, managers need to be able to clearly identify the different types of waste and how to handle them. Waste is a by-product of the manufacturing process, not...

7 wastes (or 8 wastes) in Lean

What are the 7 wastes in Lean? Lean implementation focuses on eliminating the 7 wastes (now expanded to 8 wastes) as identified in any process.  These are  the wastes of: over-production, waiting, transportation, processing itself, stocks [inventories], motion, and...