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CLOSED MITT
WITH THE CLASSICAL

SEVEN
WASTES.
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CLOSED MITT is a lean concept of

wastes made popular by Boeing.
Complexity - everything should be
made as simple as possible.
Labour - Skill set waste or people
waiting.
Over Production - Producing more than
the customer demand.
Space - Use as little space as possible
or space not utilized effectively.
Energy - Machines running idle,
unnecessary lights on etc., all consume
waste energy.

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Defects - anything must be done
right the first time, resulting in
rework.
Materials - usage of extra material
for production.
Idle Materials - this is also called
Inventory (raw material, work in
progress, finished goods). It is any
material that is not generating any
money for the organization.
Time - wastage of time.
Transportation - Unnecessary
movement of material.

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 7 WASTES

TIMWOOD is an acronym for

classifying seven types of waste
in Lean.
Transportation - unnecessary
movement of material.
Inventory - material tied up in raw
material, work in progress or
finished goods that generate no
money for the organization.
Motion - unnecessary movement
of people.

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Waiting - material or people
waiting for the next step.
Over Production - producing
more than the requirement.
Over Processing - doing an extra
number of steps or extra work
than what is required.
Defects - errors resulting in
rework.

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 OVERPRODUCTION /
OVERPRODUCTION AND ENERGY

The production should only be

based on the customer's needs.
Overproduction will lead to the
wastage of energy by humans and
machines, constituting a total loss
to the system.

WAITING / LABOR AND TIME

It is necessary to avoid any

wastage of time in a Production
system, whether in the case of
humans or machines.

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 TRANSPORTATION

The movement inside a

production unit should be made
such that a product will receive
value at minimum movement.

EXCESS MOTION / ENERGY AND TIME

Excess motion by humans or

machines constitutes the loss of
energy without adding any value
to the product. An excess motion,
in certain cases, will consume
additional time which also
constitutes a waste.

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 UNNECESSARY PROCESSING /
COMPLEXITY

The Process should be in such a

manner that they are as simple as
possible with any complexity
involved.

UNNECESSARY INVENTORY / IDLE

INVENTORY, MATERIALS AND SPACE

Raw material, components or

finished goods in the form of
inventory requires a huge sum to
maintain and consume space.

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 DEFECTS

Doing things twice constitute

additional cost, and therefore, it is
necessary to avoid them, and it
would be much worse if those are
not identified. The scrap waste is
a result of improper use of raw
materials.

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