ABSTRACT
In a plant, various opportunities exist that are o´en overlooked and le ´ untouched in spite of their potential to make prots. ™ese include, for instance, limiting the production of defects, the margin of operation e®ciency (man-hour), excess inventories, and missed delivery deadlines. ™ese overlooked opportunities, or slack, are referred to as muda in Japanese. Muda is essentially the waste of manpower, outputs, money, space, time, information, etc.
