Poka Yoke Error Proofing: Lean Thinking, #5

By Sumeet Savant

Understanding Poka Yoke, knowing when and where to use Poka Yoke, and selecting Poka Yoke approaches and devices has never been easier!

Have you ever wanted to implement Poka Yoke in your company's workplace?
Have you ever wanted to implement Poka Yoke for your customer's workplace?
Have you ever wanted to identify wastes, achieve cost savings, cost reductions, and cost leadership in your company?

If the anwer to any of these questions is yes, you need look no further.

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Mentor and Coach, Sumeet Savant, with more than a decade of experience in executing, leading, and mentoring hundreds of Lean Six Sigma improvement projects brings to you a simple, straight forward, no nonsense book which will enable you understand Poka Yoke, understand its various approaches, and its various devices, and achieve the cost reductions you have always dreamt of, quickly, effectively, and efficiently.

He shares his belief: "Your customers can experience value from your products, services, and processes, only when they are free of errors, defects, and failures"

Do Act Now and have a LOOK INSIDE the short book to have a brief experience of the immensely valuable information it has in store for you.

With this book, you will get to,
- Know what is Poka Yoke.
- Know, undestand, and appreciate the need for Poka Yoke.
- Know and understand Errors, Defects, and Failures actually mean.
- Know and understand how Errors, Defects, and Failures are related.
- Know and understand Poka Yoke principles.
- Know and understand various Poka Yoke approaches.
- Know and understand various Poka Yoke devices.
- And know all these in the least number of words possible – to help you lean your processes and achieve cost reductions faster.

This may very well be the last book you will ever need to learn Poka Yoke, its approaches and devices and achieve overall cost reductions by error proofing your processes, serices, and products.

We are sure about it! And, so will you be!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sumeet Savant
• Release date: Nov 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386094753

Sumeet Savant

Sumeet Savant is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Mentor and coach, with more than a decade of experience in executing, leading and mentoring Lean Six Sigma process improvement projects. He is a BTech, MBA, and Prince certified Practitioner. He has facilitated hundreds of process improvement projects, and coached hundreds of professionals, White, Yellow, Green, and Black Belts over the years. He lives in Mumbai, India with his family.

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Table of Contents

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About the Author

Section I: LEAN

Lean, value, and waste

House of Lean

Five Principles of Lean

Section II: WASTES

Types of Work

Need to remove wastes

The 3 M’s

Section III: Errors Defects Failures

Errors

Types of Errors

Defects

Failures

Relation between Errors, Defects, and Failures

Section IV: Poka Yoke

Poka Yoke

Poka Yoke Principles

Section V: Poka Yoke Approaches

Poka Yoke Approaches

Poka Yoke for Prevention of errors

Poka Yoke based on point of Inspection

Poka Yoke for Detection

Poka Yoke based on condition of Defect

Section VI: Poka Yoke Devices

Poka Yoke Devices

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Poka Yoke Error Proofing

Lean Thinking Series

Sumeet Savant

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(c)2018, Sumeet Savant

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Sumeet Savant is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Mentor and coach, with more than a decade of experience in executing, leading and mentoring Lean Six Sigma process improvement projects. He is a BTech, MBA, and Prince certified Practitioner. He has facilitated hundreds of process improvement projects, and coached hundreds of professionals, Yellow, Green, and Black Belts over the years. He lives in Mumbai, India with his family.

LEAN

Lean, value, and waste

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Lean is now a common term, synonymous with process improvement, waste elimination and cost reduction.

You probably might have heard about Lean, or might have some basic idea about Lean, or might be even working on and practicing Lean methodologies

Before we start, let us understand what the term Lean really means.

Formally defined, "Lean is a continuous improvement strategy, focused on maximizing customer value, by minimizing waste in all the business processes, or products."

So, now the question arises, what do the terms Value and Waste mean.

"Value, means something, that the customer is willing to pay for, extending this definition, we can say it is something which the customer needs, and hence expects, from the product or service, for which he buys it.".

And, by "Waste we mean, any activity or feature that does not add value to the product or service, from the point of view of the customer."

The Japanese term for Waste so defined, is Muda.

Some of the examples of Waste or Muda are,

• Unnecessary travel like driving, or riding.

• Waiting for approval.

• Unnecessary Movement like bending, or stretching.

• Producing more than required.

Though Lean is primarily focused on reduction of waste, the Lean strategies framework is much broader.

To understand the Lean framework, it is a must to be well acquainted with something that is known as the House of Lean.

House of Lean

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The collection of Lean concepts, practices, and