From the course: Lean Six Sigma: Analyze, Improve, and Control Tools
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Error-proofing or poka-yoke
From the course: Lean Six Sigma: Analyze, Improve, and Control Tools
Error-proofing or poka-yoke
- In completing the FEMA, your team identified and prioritized the risks associated with potential theories. Now, how do you mitigate those risks? One good strategy is to eliminate or minimize the likelihood of occurrence, or at the very least minimize the impact of those theories. Another words, error-proofing or mistake-proofing is what's needed. In linsicals, error-proofing is also called Poka-Yoke. For a refresher, check out the prerequisite causes. Let's discuss the basic principles of error-proofing and how they can be applied. If you recall, there are three levels of error-proofing. Prevention, facilitation, and detection. Let's talk about some ways that each of these error-proofing levels can be applied in your project. The first and most preferred is error-proofing by prevention. That is, you make it impossible to do it wrong. Within error-proofing by prevention, there are some even more specific principles for how to do this. When you brainstorm as a team, try to apply one…
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