In the early 1950s, Eiji Toyoda and Taichi Ohno of the Toyota Motor Corporation visited the Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. They subsequently defined three different types of waste – Muda (waste), Mura (unevenness), and Muri (overburden) – that impact the flow of products and services and upon their return to Japan waste elimination became a key focus of the Toyota Production System (TPS).
The objectives of this Webinar are to uncover:
- How the three wastes (Muda, Mura, and Muri) influence each other.
- Where the 7 Wastes (TIMWOOD) fit in the Toyota definition of waste.
- How waste reduction (Mura) can generate new wastes (Mura & Mira)
- Examples of different wastes and their potential impact on your operational and administrative processes
