Muda is the Japanese word for waste.Start with DOWNTIME

Are you looking to build brilliant processes in your organization?

 

Start with DOWNTIME.

 

This acronym stands for

 

+Defects

+Overproduction

+Waiting

+Non-Utilized Talent

+Transportation

+Inventory

+Motion

+Extra Processing

 

It's a mnemonic used in Lean Six Sigma

to represent the 8 types of waste.

 

Being able to see them is always the first step.

 

Here's a breakdown to identify the 8 wastes of Lean: