Waste Elimination, Muri, Mura, Muda and The seven deadly Muda (waste)

Waste

There are three broad types of waste

• Muri (overload or overburden) Improving the flow or smoothness of work.
• Mura (unevenness, irregularity or inequity) Unreasonable work that imposes because of poor organization.
• Muda (non-value-adding work) Eliminating non-value adding activity.

Linkup between these three wastes

Definition of Lean, Defining Value and Waste

Lean Definition

Lean has been defined in many different ways

“A systematic approach to identifying & eliminating waste (non-value-added activities) through continuous improvement by flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection.”