The seven ways that wastage can occur in industrial processes, as enumerated by Shigeo Shingo, an engineer at Toyota and a noted authority on just-in-time techniques. They are:• waste of overproduction – make only what is needed now;• waste of waiting;• waste of transportation;• waste of processing – does this product or part need to be made?;• waste of stocks;• waste of motion – first improve, then mechanize or automate;• waste of making defective products – accept no defects and make no defects.See also lean production.
• waste of overproduction – make only what is needed now;
• waste of waiting;
• waste of transportation;
• waste of processing – does this product or part need to be made?;
• waste of stocks;
• waste of motion – first improve, then mechanize or automate;
• waste of making defective products – accept no defects and make no defects.
