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Noun Concept
Categories: Japanese business terms, All articles with style issues, Lean manufacturing
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muda
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Muda is a Japanese word meaning "futility", "uselessness", or "wastefulness", and is a key concept in lean process thinking such as in the Toyota Production System, denoting one of three types of deviation from optimal allocation of resources. Wikipedia
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Muda is a Japanese word meaning "futility", "uselessness", or "wastefulness", and is a key concept in lean process thinking such as in the Toyota Production System, denoting one of three types of deviation from optimal allocation of resources. Wikipedia
A Japanese term for "waste" or "useless", as used in lean manufacturing and agile software development Wikipedia Disambiguation
A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer. Wiktionary
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