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The opposite from value is waste. Waste absorbs resources, increase cost and create no value. Therefore the result from a wasteful activity is something that no one wants to pay for. Even though there is no Toyota definition of waste outside of the production process, the notion of waste helps to understand their development system. In fact, there are several adaptations from the original seven wastes, most of them varying on the descriptions and including additional wastes to the set. This chapter compares some of these proposed sets and presents the 10-waste set used in this book. We also discuss how each of these 10 wastes relate to the Product Development System elements and why we consider creating a waste-free and “waste proof” process an unfeasible task. Even though it is unlikely that the wastes will be completely eliminated, they can be considerably reduced.
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Pessôa, M.V.P., Trabasso, L.G. (2017). Waste in Product Development. In: The Lean Product Design and Development Journey. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46792-4_5
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