The Program: Jidoka, Quality at the Source
A program is an orderly set of procedures to attain a desired result.
Unless such defective work is reduced, it is difficult to assure an adequate supply for the later process to withdraw … Efforts to thoroughly stabilize and rationalize the processes are the key to successful implementation of automation. Only with this foundation can production leveling be effective. 1
Jidoka came about because of an invention by Sakichi Toyota. Before automobiles, Toyota was well known for his spinning company, called Toyota Automatic Loom Works, later Toyota Boshuku, where he developed a loom that had a new feature. At this time, each loom was operated by an individual. The operator had to watch ...
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