TPS specifically identified seven types of waste or muda: 1  Waste of overproduction or overburden. 2  Waste of time on hand or waiting period. 3  Waste of transportation and shipping. 4  Waste of processing. 5  Waste of keeping stock in hand. 6  Waste of movement. 7  Waste of making defective products.
A phase, or state of matter, is a domain within a many-body system within which relevant physical properties are uniform. Relevant properties may include chemical composition, stoichiometry, and density, which do not reflect how the components are arranged in space.
aqueous phase. a fluid stage of a substance that is based on water in a liquid state, such as a solution of a substance in water. aÂ·queÂ·ous phase. (Ä'kwÄ-Å­s fÄz) The water portion of a system consisting of two liquid phases, one mainly water, the other a liquid immiscible with water (e.g., benzene, ether).