They're saying the things that don't add value are muda (waste), not the foundational stuff. I only know that because my employer uses the same jargon. And sinc

They're saying the things that don't add value are muda (waste), not the foundational stuff. I only know that because my employer uses the same jargon. And since almost no one speaks phonetically-spelled-out Japanese, they always follow it with (waste) in parentheses