ABSTRACT
One of the concepts that is gaining popularity is called Lean management or Lean performance. It’s based on the principles from Toyota’s production system (TPS). œese concepts helped take Toyota from a small car company to one of the market leaders in the automotive industry in terms of quality and eŸciency. œe primary goal is to get rid of waste that occurs in the product process. Toyota even came up with three types of wastes called muda, muri, and mura. But for most Lean e¢orts everything is based around the muda waste. Muda translates into any activity that is wasteful, meaning it does not add any value or is unproductive. Seven activities fall into this category:
• Transportation: Work is moved from one department to another for no reason. A process can be set up to go through many di¢erent departments and people that is more about control instead of adding value.
