POKA YOKE/Mistake proofing

The name Poka Yoke (in Japanese for mistake proofing) was coined and formalized by Shigeo Shingo in 1960.  This concept was first used in Toyota  to check the occurrence of simple mistakes. Shigeo Shingo used this concept to avoid the workers to miss  assembling the springs in the switches. Consequently, a lot of switches had Read more about POKA YOKE/Mistake proofing[…]