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Muda: The 8 Wastes
When people hear lean manufacturing, they immediately think of waste reduction through the elimination of the 8 Wastes - often referred to as "Muda". Muda was primarily derived from the Toyota Production System, where 7 primary wastes were identified. Nowdays, an eighth waste as also been added.
Waste is plenty in manufacturing and much of it goes unnoticed or unaddressed. If you're thinking of waste as purely the scrap material that gets thrown away, you're focusing on a very small part of the bigger picture. Any process or action that costs money, but does not add value, can be classified as waste.
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First identifying waste and then eliminating it is the best way to decrease your costs and therefore improve profit and productivity. Can you identify all 8 wastes? Download the printable 8 Wastes Poster:
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Muda Observation Template
Muda observation must be done at the Gemba (the place where the work is performed). Launch your team, using the same tools and systems that you use to launch every process improvement team. Train your people to ensure that everyone is very clear about what your Operational Definitions for waste are. Then, observe the process, and facilitate discussions about what was observed in larger groups to get ideas about how to reduce the identified wastes. Make a plan to implement your chosen counter-measures. Use your Muda Observation Template to add columns for Ideas, Approvals, Validation, etc. And lastly, remember to follow up on each of your chosen counter-measures by completing the PDCA cycle.
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Meet the new team members: Steph & Zaanri
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Joining us all the way from the most Southern part of Africa is Stephanie. Steph, as we call her, graduated with a degree in Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management from Nelson Mandela University and has more than three years’ experience in Logistics. If she’s not taking her puppy, Bruce, for a walk, she’s in the office empowering leaders to continuously improve. She is a member of our Sales Department.
Zaanri joins our Marketing Team, all the way from the windy city of Port Elizabeth, where she has been working in a digital marketing agency for the past two years. She has a degree in Media, Communication, and Culture and enjoys Brand Building and Story Telling in the online space. If she’s not reading or working out, she’s online taking care of the digital side of things.
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Getting to know Dean
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Dean Ziegler is not only the Founder and Head Developer of the Systems2win templates, he also spent more than 14 years as a Systems Selection Consultant, where assisted over 100 companies select and improve their enterprise systems. His resume includes a Certificate in Production & Inventory Management and Logistics, a Marketing & Distribution Degree from Michigan State University and a Doctorate of Clinical Hypnotherapy from American Pacific University. If he’s not training or helping business continuously improve using Systems2win tools, he can be found on the tennis court, riding horses with his wife and enjoying daily yoga and meditation.
Dean currently continues to lead development, support, and online training for Systems2win.
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