Poka-Yoke

Edited by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd./Factory Magazine

With a summary of Hiroyuki Hirano, Chairman of the Board, JIT Management Laboratory Company, Ltd.

Foreword by Norman Bodek Founder, Productivity, Inc.

Many things can go wrong in a work environment. Every day there are opportunities to make mistakes that will result in defects. Defects are wasteful and, if not discovered, frustrate customer expectations about quality. Behind POKA-YOKE is the conviction that it is not acceptable to produce even a small number of defective items. During more than 200 visits to Japanese factories, Productivity has witnessed the impact of simple poka-yoke mechanisms installed by the workers themselves to avoid the occurrence of defects. In this book, 240 poka-yoke examples will awaken your imagination to plan and implement error prevention systems.