The Eight Wastes

1. Waste from Overproduction
2. Waste of Waiting
3. Transportation Waste
4. Processing Waste
5. Inventory Waste
6. Waste from Motion
7. Waste from product defect
8. Waste of underutilized people's Skill and Capabilities

Main market drivers / requirements

• TPT, Flex : Faster time to market, faster response time
• Flex : Mix : Volume flexibility increasement
• TPT, Costs : Integral cost price reduction
• TPT : Throughtput-time reduction
• TPT, Flex : Deliver reliability improvement
• TPT, QA : Quality improvement