MUDA, MURA, MURI

GARCA HERNNDEZ KATIA NATALI

LPEZ MARIANA

MERCADO TORRES ROBERTO IVN

TOBAS ORTA DIANA ZARAH

ZAMARRN ROBLEDO LUIS IVN

INTRODUCTION
Mura, Muri, Muda are three Japanese words that are part of Kaizen

philosophy of continuous improvement, a key element of the

Toyota Production System and in the West called "lean thinking".

INTRODUCCIN
Mura,

Muri, Muda, always go together and focus on

identifying and eliminating anything that does not add value

and hinders organizational changes, development practices
and manufacturing of goods or services to greater flexibility
and efficiency, without errors or defects, capable of respond
to customer requirements and expectations.

MURI

WHAT IS MURI?
Muri is a form of waste that actually creates much of the
Muda.

Muri is overburden your employees or machines, it is when

the operators and the machines are under unnecessary
stress because the demand on them is exceeded production
capacity.

 Muri also presents when the workplace is not the appropriate

ergonomic conditions affecting the health and productivity of

workers.

EXAMPLES OF MURI

Working on processes you are not trained in

Poorly laid out work places
Unclear instructions
Lack of proper tools and equipment
Fluctuating demand (Mura)
Lack of proper maintenance / unreliable equipment
Unreliable processes
Poor communication routes

 Tackling the Muri within a process should ensure that your

employees can work far more efficiently and with minimal stress
within your processes.

HOW TO REMOVE OR REDUCE MURI

There are a host of Lean manufacturing Tools that are specifically created to help

reduce the Muri within your processes.

Some examples of how some Lean tools help to reduce Muri are:
5s
Standardisation
TPM
Jidoka
SMED

5S
This extremely simple yet powerful methodology tackles a wide range of

overburden within any workspace.

It seeks to remove unreasonable movement and stress by ensuring that

everything is exactly where it should be for the most efficient use.

It also ensures that your layout is clear and that deviations from what is

required are obvious to everyone enabling issues to be corrected

immediately.

STANDARDISATION
Having your processes fully documented and everyone trained in the best

way of performing them ensures that everyone is able to do the work

easily and in the best way possible.

TPM
A well thought out TPM program that utilizes everyone will ensure that

disruptions and problems associated with your tools and equipment are
minimized, so you can reduce time lost for maintenance, and

backward production.

JIDOKA
Everyone within the process should be empowered to stop the process

when things are not correct, this should be fully supported and everyone
should become involved in solving the problems that get highlighted
rather than expecting people to live with problems all of the time just to
get the numbers out.

SMED
We reduce setup times to ensure that

we

have

machines

the
to

flexibility
run

with

smaller

our

batches

helping us to smooth out our production

and make things more flexible.
It allows us to ensure that changeovers

are done smoothly using the right

equipment,

process

trained individuals.

and

with

fully

WHY ELIMINATE MURI?

The stresses and inefficiencies you place on your employees cost you

money in many ways and you should seek to reduce those inefficiencies if
not eliminate them entirely.
We are all in business to make a profit and we should seek to ensure that

those profits are maximized for the benefit of companies as well as the
employees and even our customers.