1. A Creative Repurposement of Leather

2. What is Waste?

3. Toyota Brahmin
MUDA
TIMIWOODS
Transport Inventory Motion Information
Waiting Over-Processing Over Production
Defects Safety

4. VANSON LEATHERS

6. Transport: USA leather (both grown & tanned).
Inventory: little inventory (time waste).
Motion: a wide range of motion between workers.
Information: too little information. Skills not up to date.
Waiting: No definite calculated time bewteen workers.
Over Processing: sewing techniques (assumption).
Over Production: produce by orders.
Defects: leather defects.
Safety: old machines may cause injuries.

7. Vanson Top Waste
MotionInventory Over Production
MaterialWasteLittleInventory WorkStation

10. How can we push Toyota’s lean system
beyond the factory gate?
Can waste be eliminated from the retail
process in a way that benefits the man-
ufacture of garments?

11. Creating Sustainable Design

12. Solution: Reposition the Assembly Line
Cutting
Set-up
Arms
Lining
Final
Assembly
Final
Check-up
Final
Check-up
Cutting
Set-up
Arms
Lining
Final
Assembly
Inventory
FinalProducts
FinalProducts
ProductionStatistics
ProductionStatistics

13. Solution: Satellite Designers
ExistingWaste
($fornewdesign&labor)
NewMaterial
NewOpportunity
Designcustomization
&variations
ArtisanQuality
FACTORY
(Bindedwithbusinessmodel)
SatelliteDesigners
(Unbindedwithinvestment)
Stored&Uncared