The acronym downtime stands for Defects, Over-production, Waiting, Non-utilized Resources, Talent transportation, Inventory, Motion, Excess processing. This acronym fits in with the idea of maximizing value while minimizing waste.
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOver-productionWaitingNon-utilized Resources/TalentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
Lean-tos
The word 'lean' is a noun, a verb, and an adjective.The noun 'lean' is a word for the part of meat that has little fat content; a word for a deviation from the perpendicular, an inclination; a word for a thing.The noun form of the verb to lean is the gerund, leaning.The noun form of the adjective lean is leanness.
To change lean into a word that means βNarrow road.β The answer is Lane.
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing
DefectsOverproductionWaitingNon-utilized/underutilized talentTransportationInventoryMotionExcess Processing