In 1961, a Japanese manufacturing engineer named Shigeo Shingo working at Masushita Electric developed the idea into a formal tool for achieving zero defects and eventually eliminating quality control inspections. The term poka-yoke roughly translates to “mistake-proofing” or “to avoid inadvertent errors.” It is any mechanism in a Lean manufacturing process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes. Its purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting or drawing attention to human errors as they occur.
The idea is to respect the intelligence of workers by taking over repetitive tasks or actions that depend on
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