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Mistake-Proofing Mistakes
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There is a popular lore provided by Shigeo Shingo, that the original name for mistake-proofing (Poka-Yoke) was “fool-proofing” (Baka-Yoke). Shingo..
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December 08 , 2015.
Lazy Lean Guy
In 1987, shortly after I became a manufacturing manager, the shop foreman at the time warned me about a young assembler: “Watch out for Michael, he’s..
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November 12 , 2015.
Burning Platform
A favorite Twilight Zone episode that played Labor Day weekend put me in mind of the stressful push production environment that many organizations..
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September 22 , 2015.
P-D Ratios
The last few weeks have been all things Shingo for me including a presentation at the Shingo Institute’s International Conference three weeks ago in..
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May 27 , 2015.
Unreasonability
Sometimes we receive unreasonable and confusing directions, and sometimes we give them. Check out this example.
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April 13 , 2015.
Artificial Ignorance
For a few years back in the early ‘80’s I fell prey to information automation fascination. I managed an IT department transitioning first from a..
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January 29 , 2015.
Dead See Scrolls
I participated recently in the AME conference in Jacksonville, Florida; a terrific rally for manufacturing excellence with the tongue-twisting theme..
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November 26 , 2014.
Overproduction
Not wishing to rub salt in the wounds of my beleaguered Red Sox, their meteoric rise from last place in 2012 to first place in 2013 and subsequent..
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September 25 , 2014.
Can't See
My friend and mentor, Gifford Brown, told me a remarkable story some time back about a visit to his plant in 1987 by Shigeo Shingo in which Shingo,..
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February 13 , 2014.
Cracked
According to the USDA Egg Grading Manual, “Checks [aka ‘cracks’] are an unavoidable problem in the marketing of eggs because eggs cannot be..
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September 06 , 2013.