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Continuous process improvement includes a focus on the processes of the organization where non-value-added activities are eliminated. Which of the following describes Mura in a waste analysis?
  1. Unevenness in work and demand flow.
  2. Greater demand than capacity in any given time or overburdening the process.
  3. Has necessary non-value-adding waste.
  4. Has unnecessary non-value-adding waste.
Explanation
Answer: A - Continuous process improvement includes a focus on the processes of the organization where non-value-added activities are eliminated. In a waste analysis designed to remove waste, Mura is the unevenness in work and demand flow. Muri is having a greater demand than capacity in any given time or overburdening the process. Muda waste has two types. Type 1 is the necessary non-value-adding waste, while type 2 is unnecessary non-value-adding waste.
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