An Example of Simple Complexity
As quality practitioners we employ “Occam’s Razor” which states that the simplest answer is usually the best. There is a great deal of complexity in systems and sometimes the simplest solution is over-engineered leading to muda:
- Transportation (moving products that is not actually required to perform the processing)
- Inventory (all components, work-in-progress and finished product not being processed)
- Motion (people or equipment moving or walking more than is required to perform the processing)
- Waiting (waiting for the next production step)
- Overproduction (production ahead of demand)
- Over Processing (due to poor tool or product design creating activity)
- Defects (the effort involved in inspecting for and fixing defects)
An example:
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Originally posted 2009-04-16 08:14:29.
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