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Automatic Line Stop
Ensures that a production process stops whenever a problem or defect occurs.
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Methods that help operators avoid mistakes in their work, such as choosing the wrong part, assembling a part incorrectly, forgetting a component, etc.
Meaning and application in management
Methods that help operators avoid mistakes in their work, such as choosing the wrong part, assembling a part incorrectly, forgetting a component, etc. Also known as poka-yoke (defect-proofing) or baka-yoke (foolproofing). See : Inspection, Jidoka.
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