Muda

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  Muda is one of the three origins of waste.  The phrase muda means uselessness or wastefulness.  There are two types of Muda that are non-value added activities.  

​The first type is non-value and is complete waste.  This type includes the 8 forms of waste: 

1. Transportation.
2. Inventory.
3. Motion.
4. Waiting.
5. Over Processing.
6. Over Production.
7. Defects.
8. Underutilized Skills.  

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​The second type of muda is business necessary.  Business necessary forms of muda add no value to a product or a service but they might be necessary.  

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