8 Types Of Wastes In Lean Manufacturing
8 types of Wastes in Lean manufacturing are to be discussed here. 8 TYPES OF WASTES IN LEAN MANUFACTURING : Waste means any activity that adds no value for the customer. The origin of lean manufacturing comes in picture so as to eliminate these non value added work (WASTE). This becomes most important for an organization to reduce waste without harming productivity and to do value added acts every time. There are mainly eight types of wastes in lean manufacturing which we need to remove from the system for increased production, on time production and quality production, with reduced associated costs. To reduce or remove the eight forms of wastes, we have to know which are the eight types (forms) of wastes. To keep in mind the 8 types of wastes in lean manufacturing please go through the DOWNTIME image below. These eight forms of wastes are as follows- 1. Defects - The worst form of waste. Production of NC (Non Conforming) parts. Production of NC assemblies. I...