the Main objective in Lean system is to eliminate the wastes in production. there are 7 wastes in production: Transpiration. inventory. Moving. waiting over production. Over processing defectives knowledge can be considered as 8th waste

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Date Posted: 2013/07/13

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by Ahmed Alsaigh , Quality Manager , General Electric - Saudi Arabia

the Main objective in Lean system is to eliminate the wastes in production. there are 7 wastes in production:

Transpiration.
inventory.
Moving.
waiting
over production.
Over processing
defectives

knowledge can be considered as 8th waste

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by FUAD ALNUMAN , General Manager of HiTech Steel company , HiTech Steel

Lean production began as a manufacturing technique to enhance efficiency and profitability.
Its primary focus is speed of output by waste elimination.
Waste is anything that does not add value to the end product.
Many industries aside from manufacturing are now adopting lean principles.

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