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Eight waste categories
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Sample opportunities for improvement
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Overproduction
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Reduce lot size/batch size
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Reduce setup time
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Reduce start-up rejects
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Simplify the process
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Shorten search time
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Eliminate unnecessary data
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Waiting
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Synchronize work
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Combine work
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Balance workloads
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Cross-train employees
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One-touch information access
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Implement visible cues
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Transport
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Create work cells
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Create one-stop workstations
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Create paperless processes
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Fewer suppliers and closer
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Minimize number of moves
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Point of use storage
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Processing
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Redesign the part/process to eliminate components/tasks
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Redesign the part/process to simplify
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Fail-safe the process
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Establish standard work
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Inventory
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Reduce batch size
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Reduce lead time
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Synchronize work flows
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Add capacity to handle peak loads
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Minimize checks and reviews
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Motion
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Every-move-counts philosophy
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Combine multiple steps into one
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Eliminate searching activities
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Organize layout through 5S
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Create visible systems
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Defects
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Quality standards
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Standard documentation
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Standard work
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Process capability
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Fail-safe processes
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Information
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Decrease process waste
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Easy-to-understand information
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Visible systems
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Accuracy of data
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