• Poka Yoke Mistake Proofing
• Japanese manufacturing engineer named Shigeo Shingo
• revolutionized the quality profession in Japan
• poka yoke (pronounced "poh-kah yoh-kay")
• to avoid (yokeru) inadvertent errors (poka
• the big deal involves execution within your business
• First, you need to educate your workforce on the concept of poka yoke
• Second, you need to empower your employees to make a bunch of small improvements to their processes -- continuously

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• Building Valuable Process Maps Takes Skill and Time
• Gathering Information
• where improvements can be made, where cycle time delays exist and where smooth handoffs are not taking place
• hould be the first act a company performs when seeking to make process improvements
• It is the perfect combination of business acumen and art. It takes special talent to interview individuals and get them to explain exactly what they do in their job every day, as well as share their pains and express their wants.
• Five Key Tips
• Scope the process
• Identify metrics of importance:
• Select a map collection method:
• Validate the process maps
• Minimal interviewees at one time:

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