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Muri
Waste

Muri

無理Japanese

Overburden: pushing people or machines beyond their natural capacity.

Examples

  1. 01Operators lift 25 kg boxes repeatedly without a lifting aid.
  2. 02A press runs at 110 % of rated speed to catch up on backlog, causing breakdowns.
  3. 03One planner handles three plants' schedules alone during holidays.

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