Mobile devices in the manufacturing setting offer
mobility and information whenever and wherever it is needed;
these advantages allow for a more efficient workflow
and allow the user to make more informed decisions. Due to
these advantages, companies are reducing muda (waste) by
using mobile devices (implementing Lean Manufacturing)
and therefore saving money. Some of the mobile applications
discussed in this paper are the following: Augmented
Reality for assembly training, pruefcubing, remotelymonitored
shop floors, statistical process control (SPC), and
change requests for construction, and the two types of muda
(waste) reduced by these mobile applications are “unnecessary
/ excess motion and defect