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Muda Is A Japanese Word, Which Means Waste

Muda refers to any activity that does not add value and is considered waste. There are seven common forms of muda identified by Taichi Ohno of Toyota: overproduction, waiting time, transportation, processing, inventory, unnecessary motion, and defects. Reducing or eliminating muda is a fundamental objective of quality improvement. Some strategies to reduce muda include just-in-time production, minimizing transportation and movement, reducing defects through training and maintenance, and eliminating unnecessary steps and inventory. Muda can occur in manufacturing and office processes.

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Muda Is A Japanese Word, Which Means Waste

Muda refers to any activity that does not add value and is considered waste. There are seven common forms of muda identified by Taichi Ohno of Toyota: overproduction, waiting time, transportation, processing, inventory, unnecessary motion, and defects. Reducing or eliminating muda is a fundamental objective of quality improvement. Some strategies to reduce muda include just-in-time production, minimizing transportation and movement, reducing defects through training and maintenance, and eliminating unnecessary steps and inventory. Muda can occur in manufacturing and office processes.

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MUDA

Muda is a japanese word, which means waste,


where waste is any activity that does not add
value. Reducing or eliminating muda is, of
course, one of the fundamental objectives of
any quality-oriented person.
Taichi Ohno of Toyota identified what are
called the seven wastes or seven mudas, being
the most common form of muda found:
Waste from overproduction
Waste of time in waiting
Transportation waste
Processing waste
Inventory waste
Waste of motion
Waste from product defects
1.Waste from overproduction
 Which leads to excess inventory, paperwork, handling,
storage, space, interest charges, machinery, defects, people
and overhead.
 It is often difficult to see this waste as everyone seems busy.
 Unnecessary production to show higher machine
utilization (or lower manufacturing cost)
Stategies to eliminate :-
 Strong production planning and control
 Production according to custmer schedule
 Firm delivery requirement from markting.
2.Waste of time in waiting :-
Its occurs when worker or machine is not performing
its job.
People may be waiting for parts or instructions.
Mostly they are waiting for one another, which
often happens because they have non-aligned
objectives.
The talent of employes also wasted.
Tools to identify :-
Kaizen
Method study
3.Transportation waste :-
It is highly visible form of waste unnecessary
transportation create the need for more storage
space,more equp., and workers.
Poor layouts lead to things being moved multiple
times.
If things are not well place, they can be hard to find.
It can aggravate alignment of processes.
Stategies to eliminate :-
Store material as close to the point of use as possible
Avoide transportation over long distance.
Avoid over production.
4.Waste from product defects:-
Defects imply rework or reject. Research confirms
that 20 to 30% of manufacturing company’s gross
revenues are spent on correcting mistake.
Defects cause rework, confusion and upset a
synchronized set of processes.
Loss of customer
Loss of future business
Causes of defects:-
Incorrect product design
Defective materials
Poorly trained employees
Stategies to eliminate :-
Design reviews
Training to employees
Mantenance of machines and equipment.
5.Waste of motion
A worker while performing a task makes use of a
number of motions.some of these motion-
Are unnecessary and can be eliminated
Can be combined by changing their sequence.
Can be performed efficiently by other members of
the body.
Stategies to eliminate :-
Motion economy principal
Effective suparvision
6.Inventory waste :-
Inventory comprises of finished goods semi-finished
products or parts and supplies.Excess inventory is a real
waste as it dose not add value but add to the cost by-
Occupying space
Requiring additional equipment and facilities such as
storage racks,cupboards etc.
Insurancing stock
Stategies to eliminate :-
Dispose off obsolete material to save space and to avoid
confusion.
Do not produce items ahead of custmer’s delivery
requirements.
Do not manufacture products in excess of custmer’s
requirements.
7.Processing waste :-
Processing cost of a product is mainly decided by
conversion process,combination of mechanical
and chemical operations and supports activities
required to produce goods and services.
Additional effort may be required in an inefficient
process
Causes of MUDA of processing:-
Poor allocation of work to men
Failure to identify and use of most effective
method
Over production
Tools to eliminate:-
Method study
Simplification
Kaizen
Muda in office:-
Muda can also be found in support function such as
engineering,planning,marketing,purchase,stores,a/c
and HRM etc.
Examples of muda in office
Waiting the people at meeting
Making unproductive phone calls
Unnessary copies of documents
Letterheads printed in excess of requirements.
Tools to eliminate:-
Work Simplification
5-s technique for office

A simplified view of muda is:


Wasting time.
Wasting a consumable resource, such as materials.
Causing dis-satisfaction (including incomplete satisfaction).

Muda is one of the '3Ms': muda, or waste, mura, meaning irregular, uneven or
inconsistent, and muri, meaning un-reasonable or excessive strain.
The acronym 'DOT WIMP' can be used to remember Muda wastes (Defects,
Overproduction, Transportation, Waiting, Inventory, Motion, Processing).
A variant on Mudas is sometimes called the '8 Wastes of Lean', changing
'processing' to 'over-processing', and adding under-use of skills. This has the
acronym 'TIM WOODS' (Transport, Inventory, Motion, Waiting, Over-
production, Over-processing, Defects, Skills).
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