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• Japan’s Manufacturing Techniques

  
  Organizational Transformation by Asif J. Mir — Authority: 129
  Nations are built not with bricks and stones but with the capacity to create and apply knowledge. The result of knowledge creation and application in manufacturing and management practices is well demonstrated by Japan. Today we are witness to many industrialized economies that are strengthening their manufacturing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dichotomous Thinking at IDEO No More

  
  shmula — Authority: 113
  Recently, Tim  Brown, the CEO at IDEO came to a realization that Design Thinking can coexist with Six Sigma and Lean.  For a while, his stance was really of black-and-white thinking: it’s either Design Thinking or Lean Thinking.  This position is akin to a student who believes that if he doesn’t earn an “A” ...
  3 weeks ago

• Poka Yoke

  
  UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley — Authority: 416
  Poka Yoke is the Japanese phrase for “Do it right the first time!”  I love the phrase because I am often telling clients, friends, and children to slow down, put their eyes where their hands are and focus on what they are doing. All too often I see workers dowing one thing, thinking another, and looking a third ...
  4 weeks ago

• Book Talk: Mistake Proofing

  
  Lean Insider — Authority: 121
  Mistake proofing, also known as poka-yoke or error proofing, is an important lean tool, based on the principle that the best way to reduce errors is to prevent them from happening in the first place. We publish several books about mistake proofing. To understand the fundamental concept, you might read ...
  5 weeks ago

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