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Comment on Toyota System perspective by gunritoserumo

gunritoserumo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:08:34 +0000

You Exaggerate.

Comment on Kaizen | Continuous Improvement by Jahndroff Y Mantles

Jahndroff Y Mantles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:23 +0000

WHAT….goes DOWN in an organization

while

HOW…comes UP in an Organization

Management knows what is wrong, they have all the data and see the BIG picture.. but their vision is near sighted as to HOW the problem can be solved.

Workers in a process don’t know what might be wrong they have limited vision of the organization as a WHOLE, but they know HOW to solve a problem that they deal with daily as they understand it.

By teaming up with a KNOWN problem to be solved Management can provide the leadership and empower workers to solve problems using the workers expertise of HOW it can be done.

EASY

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by “Smart” applications « Riverside Publishing Next Generation Blog

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:36:06 +0000

[...] The Japanese have a term – poka-yoke – which means “fail-safing” or “mistake-proofing.” The concept of poka-yoke first emerged as part of the Japanese “lean manufacturing” process made… In this process, a poka-yoke is any mechanism that helps an equipment operator (yokeru) avoid [...]

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by Justin Hunter

Justin Hunter — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:44:35 +0000

Good post.

I liked the rubber band example.

I have a related post on my blog that highlights another aspect of the Toyota System and its relevance to software development and testing:

http://hexawise.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/what-else-can-software-development-and-testing-learn-from-manufacturing-dont-forget-design-of-experiments/

- Justin Hunter

Comment on Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong by abby, the hacker chick blog

abby, the hacker chick blog — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:55:49 +0000

Great description of Poka-Yoke & love the examples (especially the oven & the cellphone – rather makes us stop & think about what else we can poka-yoke in our lives!)

Comment on Just-In-Time | it just makes sense by Oskar Olofsson

Oskar Olofsson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:31:00 +0000

Thanks, I like all kinds of examples of Lean Manufacturing Implementation. Even from cooking!

Comment on Muda | What is it? by Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System

Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:37:28 +0000

[...] Producing a defect followed by detecting it and finally fixing it (or throwing it away) is Muda. Wouldn’t it be better just not to make the mistake in the first place? It’s not always [...]

Comment on Lean Philosophy | Idea behind by Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System

Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:43:52 +0000

[...] look at the problem from the lean perspective. Producing a defect followed by detecting it and finally fixing it (or throwing it away) is Muda. [...]

Comment on Kaizen | Continuous Improvement by Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System

Poka-Yoke | you can’t go wrong | The Toyota System — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:24:50 +0000

[...] Toyota System or Lean Philosophy aims for perfection (it isn’t called Continuous Improvement by accident). In manufacturing producing sporadic defects is better than making frequent defects, [...]

Comment on Muda | What is it? by Muda | What is it? | The Toyota System

Muda | What is it? | The Toyota System — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:21:53 +0000

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