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1. Muri Muri is a Japanese term for a specific form of waste. It means unreasonableness or overexertion. It is often referred to with two other Japanese terms, muda (the traditional view...
2. Backups (Employee) Employee backups are the people who fill in when the regular operator is absent. Having backups implies something. It means that the team has regularly assigned positions and does little...
3. External and Internal Customers in Lean Lean focuses on the customer. That’s one of its bedrock principles, and is reinforced with every value stream map. Value for an external customer is fairly easy to pinpoint. If...
4. Cross-training Cross-training employees is exactly what it sounds like-multiple people trained on each job, and each person trained on multiple jobs. Cross-training employees provides flexibility. It allows leaders to shift people...
5. Flexibility Process flexibility applies both to the ability to rapidly change model mix as well as to change layouts of your facility. As continuous improvement speeds up its pace, you will...
6. Initiative Initiative is taking action on one’s own. It generally involves going above and beyond a typical job description, or working outside of one’s functional area. Many bosses want employees to...

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