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Kakou sono mono no Muda
Waste

Overprocessing

加工そのもののムダKakou sono mono no Muda · Japanese

Doing more work or higher quality than the customer requires.

Examples

  1. 01A surface is polished to a finish the customer never specified.
  2. 02A part is inspected three times by different departments.
  3. 03A monthly report contains 40 pages, but readers only use one chart.

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