Poka-Yoke

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Poka-yoke is a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing” or “inadvertent error prevention”

3 Steps of Implementation —

1) Make a list of all mistakes you/your team make – Make a list of all items and identify the low hanging one which is causing major losses.

2) Brainstorm – Do brainstorming with all the people involved in the process to find out the permanent solution so that it gets never repeated even if the operator/doer is totally reluctant .i.e. – remove the skill

3) Action and Monitoring – Take action as per the final outcome of Brainstorming. Monitor it periodically to check it for recurrence. If required visit point 2 again.

Apart from error proofing, other advantages of Poka-Yoke is

  • Less time spent on training workers;
  • Elimination of many operations related to quality control;
  • Unburdening of operators from repetitive operations;
  • Promotion of the work improvement-oriented approach and actions;
  • A reduced number of rejects;
  • Immediate action when a problem occurs;
  • 100% built-in quality control.

If you keep taking action on only one challenge in a week, you will be able to come out of 52 challenges in a year and will get control.

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