non value-added:
"Activities and costs that can be eliminated without reducing performance, function or value as perceived by the customer. "

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Definitions of terms related to non value-added:

• non-inventoried item
• non-significant part number
• non-stationary demand
• nonconformance
• nondestructive testing
• nonlinear
• nonrecurring
• present value