Zero waste is key to lean manufacturing briefly describe the statement

Yes.Basic ideology behind the lean production system is Zero wastage , Zero defects and Zero breakdown .

The basic idea of lean concept is to sequence the operation or production, in order to improving the productivity by reducing the unnecessary, un reasonable, Non-Valve added activity (NVA) and to promote the valve added (VA) activity

Generally there are Eight types of lean waste

Waste are generally categorized as Non-value added activity in any organization. Lean primary focus it to attack the Non value added activity first and reduce the Non value added activity through further improve & eventually eliminate it completely. A process in general has around 95% Waste in the form of Non value added activity.

Eight type of waste

Following are eight types of lean waste which are Non-value added activity

 Waste of Defects

 Waste of Overproduction

 Waste of Waiting

 Waste of Non-utilized talents

 Waste of Transportation

 Waste of Inventory

 Waste of Motion

 Waste of Extra Processing