A muda, in the context of industrial production processes, is a task that is not adding value, nor does it generate a benefit or improvement in the process, i.e., it is a waste.
Its history dates back to the 1950s and 1960s, within the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing (then known as the “Toyota Production System”) developed by the Japanese automobile company Toyota.
The objective of this research focuses on eliminating waste to improve processes and thus be more efficient in management and production. It was the result of the need to find efficient ways to produce automobiles since World War II had just ended and they lacked all kinds of resources.
Muda is one of the key aspects of this philosophy, as it will focus on eliminating and identifying all tasks that are not adding value to the production processes. Achieving efficiency optimization and cost reduction.