Muda, Mura, Muri

You can’t eliminate waste unless you also deal with two other process concerns

Like your dad told you: A place for everything and everything in its place
Wed, 03/08/2017 - 12:02

One of the most important goals of lean manufacturing is the elimination of waste. Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System (TPS), defined three categories of waste: mura, muri, and muda. While muda is the most widely known, muri and mura are equally important to understand.

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Submitted by dvanputten on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:25

"While muda is the most widely known, muri and muda are equally important to understand."

I beleive the second reference to muda should be mura. I think there is a type. 

Thank you, Dirk

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