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Jidoka ‐ The Forgotten Pillar

In the Toyota Production System house, there are two pillars. The one pillar most of the books are written about is JIT. You know all the fun stuff about takt time, one-piece flow, and pull.

But there is an entire another pillar that, in my opinion, does not get enough respect. that other pillar is Jidoka.

                            

Toyota’s website defines jidoka as follows:

The term jidoka used in the TPS can be defined as “automation with a human touch.” The word jidoka traces its roots to the automatic loom invented by Sakichi Toyoda, Founder of the Toyota Group. An automatic loom is a machine that spins thread for cloth and weaves textiles automatically.

There are four main steps to jidoka. They are:

1) Detect the abnormality or defect

2) Stop doing what you are doing… something is wrong!

3) Fix the issue

4) Investigate the root cause and ensure it doesn’t happen again

Poka‐Yoke, or error-proofing, is an excellent tool to ensure jidoka is in place. Once you identify a failure mode, the best control of all is a Poka‐Yoke device. Some call this mistake-proofing while others call it idiot-proofing. Both work, I suppose, but mistake-proofing sounds more respectful

(remember a key tenet to lean is respecting people).

If you have never visited Toyota’s TPS website, I highly recommend it.

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