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When most people think about waste, they imagine unwanted or unused materials, such as spoiled inventory from overordering raw materials or defective products caused by production errors. But waste isn’t always that obvious. In fact, it comes in many forms.
According to Lean principles, waste can be broken down into eight categories: transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, excess processing, defects and non-utilized talent. Seeing waste through this lens changes how you look at your processes.
