Waste of time

wastes

Scrap components are an obvious form of waste, the pioneering thinker Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Motor Co. identified 7 forms of wasted time, effort or materials all of which lead to inefficiency in the production process. They are:

1. over-production
2. idle time
3. transport time
4. process waste
5. inventory
6. operator motion
7. sub-standard quality