Overproduction Yes No Magnitude Causes and/or Improvement Plans

No backlog of orders to make a production schedule.

No production schedule or control boards.

No leveling of production schedule.

Production not in sync with production schedule.

Items missing.

Defective goods produced.

Equipment breakdowns.

Too much manual assistance required.

Machines have too much capacity.

Lots are grouped into batches.

Using "push" production.

Caravan style operations.

Not balanced with next process.