Glossary

7 Types of waste

Tools

Waste in this context refers to the wasting of time or resources and does not create value. In particular there are the following seven types of waste (alternatively: TIMWOOD):

  • T – Transport
  • I – Inventory
  • M – Motion
  • W – Waiting
  • O – Over-Production
  • O – Over-Engineering
  • D – Defects