What is lean terminology?
Lean has a language of its own. We have separated lean terms into six subdivisions: General Terms, Workflow, Workplace Organization, Workplace Simplification, Process Improvement, and Measures.
What are the 5 components of lean manufacturing?
Lean manufacturing has enabled businesses to increase production, reduce costs, improve quality, and increase profits by following five key principles: identify value, map the value stream, create flow, establish pull and seek perfection.
What are the 7 Mudas?
The original seven wastes (Muda) was developed by Taiichi Ohno, the Chief Engineer at Toyota, as part of the Toyota Production System (TPS). The seven wastes are Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Overproduction, Overprocessing and Defects. They are often referred to by the acronym ‘TIMWOOD’.
What is another term for Lean manufacturing?
The concept of Lean manufacturing system is also known as JIT – Just-in-Time manufacturing system, SPF – Single Piece Flow, TPS – Toyota Production System and Flexible Manufacturing System. The word ‘Lean’ was coined by Professor James Womack from MIT, US, in the early 1990s, and the concept was born in Japan.
What are the 8 Wastes of lean manufacturing?
The 8 wastes of lean manufacturing include:
- Defects. Defects impact time, money, resources and customer satisfaction.
- Excess Processing. Excess processing is a sign of a poorly designed process.
- Overproduction.
- Waiting.
- Inventory.
- Transportation.
- Motion.
- Non-Utilized Talent.
What are the 7 waste in Lean?
The 7 Wastes of Lean Production
- Overproduction. Overproduction is the most obvious form of manufacturing waste.
- Inventory. This is the waste that is associated with unprocessed inventory.
- Defects.
- Motion.
- Over-processing.
- Waiting.
- Transportation.
- Additional forms of waste.