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Lean Leadership BASICS
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Lean Leadership BASICS

by Michael Meyers, Charles Protzman, Dan Protzman, Davide Barbon, William Keen, Cliff Owens
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
360 pages
10h 33m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 6

Jidoka—The Logical Extension of Improving Business Practices

DOI: 10.4324/9781315155227-6

We are still in Step 2 of our Leadership Development Path (see Figure 6.1). On the shop floor or in an office environment, abnormalities should be clearly and immediately visible in the workplace and fixed in real time. This requires defect-free processes to support a one-piece flow (or just-in-time, JIT) system; thus, our number one goal is built-in quality at the design stage. If this is not possible, then we need 100% defect prevention at the source. If this is not the case, then the system breaks down and delays occur. The only way to prevent defects from escaping to the customer is to inspect 100% of the parts at each operation by a machine, ...

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