Taiichi Ohno, a Japanese industrial engineer, and businessman, popularly known as the father of lean manufacturing coined the concept of eliminating waste in the Toyota Production System. In the attempt to enhance the industry’s performance, researchers and professional practitioners, especially within the lean construction community listed the most important wastes which should be eliminated immediately. However, wasteful activities may vary from business to business, Lean theory describes these 8 wastes are common for all sort of industries.
