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Poka Yoke
Poka Yoke
Poka-Yoke
Poka-Yoke
Power Solutions ABSL STM Quality Limited 2007
What is Poka-Yoke?
This is known as MISTAKE-PROOFING From Japanese: Yokeru (avoid) Poka (inadvertent errors)
source;
Detects an error as it is being made; Detects an error soon after it has been
with errors:
1. ERRORS ARE INEVITABLE! 2. ERRORS CAN BE ELIMINATED!
we blame the people who make them. With this attitude, we are likely to overlook defects as they occur in production. They may be detected at final inspection, or worse still, by the customer.
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supported by proper training and by a production system based on the principle that errors can be avoided.
Inspection
2. 100% INSPECTION.
Sampling Inspection
In some factories, the attitude is: It may take all day to inspect all
product. There may be a few defects, but sampling is the most practical way to check.
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SAMPLING INSPECTION MAKES SENSE ONLY FROM THE MANUFACTURERS VIEW, NOT FROM THE CUSTOMERS!
2. 100% Inspection
In the best factories, the attitude is: We wont tolerate a single defect!
We will organize production so that
100% of the product can be easily inspected. That makes the most sense.
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destroy a customers confidence in a company. To stay competitive a company must supply good product in thousands. The best way to achieve this is to organize production to inspect 100% of the products.
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up without us noticing. How can we catch these errors before they turn into defective products?
defects!
users of the product being manufactured, they are also expert at finding defects. If products are produced in a flow, each product is sent to the next process as soon as it is finished and defects are therefore found immediately.
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Dont make product you dont need. The more you make, the greater the
2. Build Safeguards
2. Build Safeguards
The user is an expert in finding defects. Therefore build safeguards into the
production process.
Quality can be built into products by
implementation of Poka-Yoke.
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Poka-Yoke Devices
processes.
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Poka-Yoke Example
BLANK
PIERCED BLANK
INCORRECT
Poka-Yoke Example
BLOCK
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