What is Mura? Most Lean practitioners that I have met have little idea as to what is Mura only really being aware of Muda or the seven wastes. Within the Toyota Production system however, which spawned what we now…
What is Muri? Muri is to Overburden your employees or machines, it can also be seen as “unreasonableness”. It is placing operators and machines under unnecessary stress by making demands on them that are unreasonable and often very unnecessary.…
How much Value do we Add in our processes? Many studies have shown that we only add value to a product for less than 5% of the time, the rest of the time is wasted! If you were to do…
Seven Wastes of Service Much has been written about the seven wastes identified by Taiichi Ohno within the Toyota production system, but how do these relate to a service organization? What are the seven wastes from the perspective of…
7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing The seven wastes of Lean Manufacturing are what we are aiming to remove from our processes by removing the causes of Mura and Muri as well as tackling Muda directly. But what exactly are the…
Lean Manufacturing Wastes Just what are Muda, Mura and Muri? The 3Ms of waste in Lean Manufacturing. When people think of waste in manufacturing they usually only think about all of the scrap material that gets thrown away or…