Lean Manufacturing Wastes

3M

3M Wastes
Muri
Unreasonable
Burden on people
or machines

Mura
Un-level workloads
On people or machines

Muda
Any form of
waste in the
process

The 3Ms of waste in

Lean Manufacturing
1.

Muda - seven wastes (or 8+ wastes

depending on your definitions)

2.

Mura - Waste of Unevenness or

Inconsistency

3.

Muri - Waste of Overburden

MURA

- the Waste of Unevenness

Mura
drives

Muda!

Finding Mura (variation) in your Process

By failing to smooth
our demand, we put
unfair demands on
our processes and
people and cause the
creation of inventory
and other wastes.

MURI

- the

waste of Overburden

Can

result from MURA and from removing

too much MUDA from the process

Utilizing

machines or manpower more than

100% to finish their tasks

Machines breakdowns
Manpower - absenteeism

Causes of Muri - Overburden

Working on process you are not trained in

Poorly laid out workplaces
Cluttered workplaces
Unclear instructions
Lack of proper tools and equipment
Fluctuating demand (MURA)
Lack of proper maintenance/unreliable equipment
Unreliable process
Poor communication routes

7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

MUDA

Remove Wastes to Reduce

Costs

7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

The

seven wastes of Lean Manufacturing are

what we are aiming to remove from our
processes by removing the causes of Mura
and Muri as well as tackling Muda directly.
But what exactly are the seven wastes of
Lean Manufacturing (or 7 Mudas)?

The Seven Wastes of Lean

Manufacturing are;
D efects
O verproduction
W aiting
N on-used Talent
T ransport
I nventory
M otion
E xcess Processing

Who is TIM WOOD?

How to Remember the 7 Wastes

TIM WOOD lives in the WORM

PIT

TIMWOOD

Transport
Inventory
Motion
Waiting
Over Processing
Over Production
Defects

WORMPIT
Waiting
Over

Production
Rejects
Motion
Processing
Inventory
Transport

WASTE

Something that adds no Value.

You earned 30 pesos more

the only way you have to improve your

profits is to reduce your costs

this means removing all elements

of waste from your processes

The Waste of Motion

Excessive motion of either people or a machine is a

waste.

Additional wastes

Waste of Talent
Waste of resources

Remove Muda, Mura and Muri

Concentrate on solving
MURA and MURI
and you prevent
the creation of MUDA!!!

Some techniques to remove specific

wastes:

MURA:
1.
2.
3.

Just in Time (JIT)

Heijunka level loading of demand
Kanban

MURI:
1.
2.

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