!!! Overview
[{$pagename}]  is a Japanese word meaning "futility; uselessness; wastefulness", and is a key concept in [lean] process thinking, like the [Toyota Production System] ([TPS]) as one of the three types of deviation from optimal allocation of [resources] the others being [mura] and [muri].


[{$pagename}] only work that produces [Business value] for which a [customer] is willing to pay. 

[{$pagename}] is any [Friction] (constraint or impediment) that causes unnecessary waste to occur. Often this is some record keeping that does not a [Business value].

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* [#1] - [Muda_(Japanese_term)|Wikipedia:Muda_(Japanese_term)|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2015-12-06-