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Brownfield
Production facilities usually managed according to the philosophy of mass production. Compare with : Greenfield.
View termWhat is Seven Wastes?
Taiichi Ohno's categorization of the seven major wastes commonly found in mass production: overproduction, waiting, transportation, processing, inventory, motion and correction.
Meaning and application in management
Taiichi Ohno's categorization of the seven major wastes commonly found in mass production: overproduction, waiting, transportation, processing, inventory, motion and correction. See: Changeover, Setup Reduction.
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