POKA-YOKE One of the common quality concepts in statistics that can be used in continuous improvement is Poka- Yoke‚ which means “mistake proofing.” Poka-Yoke‚ pronounced (POH-kah YOH-kay) and developed by Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo in the early 1960s‚ uses devices‚ methods‚ or inspections in order to avoid machine error or simple human error. There are two main types of poka-yokes: • prevention-based poka-yokes and • Detection-based poka-yokes. Prevention-based poka-yokes
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Thank you for sharing with us your comments regarding the headlight condensation of your S400 vehicle. We appreciate your letting us know regarding the formation of the condensation after driving the vehicle in the mild rain and thank you for your patience so far in this matter. We recognize your concern and we believed you would have a better understanding and acceptance to the matter once we have shared this handy information to you. Condensation is defined as the change in the physical state
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Vietnam nonprofit aims to bring the entire country through a Kaizen transformation Vietnam businesses must go through a Kaizen transformation. Like much of Asia‚ Vietnam has spent the greater part of the last century trying to rebuild and grow after winning independence from France and then reuniting after the Cold War split. While the economic recession impacted much of the world‚ Asia has shown much more resilience when it comes to recovering from the downturn. Now‚ Vietnam is trying to capitalize
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described as a philosophy‚ managerial concept or manufacturing strategy. It achieved fame in the late 1970’s through Taiichi Ohno and is used in many companies till this day especially automotive industries. Just in time was originally a practice of the Toyota motor company in Japan. Chakravorty and Atwater 1995 (cited in Singh and Ahija‚ 2015) suggest that the fundamental of Just in time philosophy is continuous improvement in process through removal of all types of waste. It’s fair to agree with Hasan
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Reward System in an organization must fit the organization’s goals/objectives. Moreover‚ such system/approach is most likely associated with profitability of the organization‚ its size‚ the exposure to global competitive forces‚ the degree of unionization‚ amongst others. For my final project in this module –HR Resourcing‚ I will elucidate on the Compensation and Reward System of Toyota Motor Company (TMC)‚ with the following highlighted sub-topics to be discussed. * Assess the Toyota Company
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Performance Appraisal and Job Evaluation Process A case study on “Dada Corporation” Introduction Page# a) History of the organization 2 b) Objective of the organization 3 c) Function of the organization 3 d) Role of the organization in the Economic Development of Bangladesh 5 e) Organizational Structure 7 f) Mission of the organization 9 g) Vision of the organization 9 Research Methodology a) Rationale of the study 10 b) Objectives of the study 10
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Honda current success is that it used Japanese methods to build a proper production system in the UK. Producing a car from thousands of parts is a complex and difficult task. One small change in the production schedule will lead to a disastrous effect on the whole system. Traditionally‚ the final build at the assembly plant is controlled by what parts are available than what are planned. In Honda case‚ it organizes a production mechanism based on two philosophies: just in time and lean thinking. The
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The Canon Company was founded in 1933 with the sole intent of producing the world’s best 35mm camera. By the 1960s‚ the company began to explore the imaging technologies industry and started developing business machines such as printers and calculators. In 1967‚ the management slogan "cameras in the right hand‚ business machines in the left" was unveiled and in 1969 the company changed its name from Canon Camera Co.‚ Inc. to Canon Inc. (Canon Inc.‚ 2013) This was a turning point for Canon; it began
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Background: Offshore is a business strategy to hire foreign labor and produce in other countries. Toyota has benefited from this strategy a lot since it began to use in 1957. In 2009‚ the vehicles produced by overseas companies brought Toyota approximately 9000 billion yens profits (Toyota-global‚ 2011). However‚ due to poor the quality of oil pedals and brakes made by a US company CTS‚ the Toyota mass recall crisis happened in 2010‚ which cost the company up to 2 billion USD for compensation(JR
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SEEDLING PRODUCTION SYSTEM Seedling production system is a concept used in production of healthy seedlings especially those of vegetables‚ herbs‚ flowers‚ trees and many crops propagated from seedlings. These are seedlings with a controlled environment. Seedlings are produced in seed trays‚ with a growing medium either made out of peat / vermiculite or bark or other media found suitable. With controlled amount of sunlight‚ water and air flow‚ with a calculated fertigation system (water and fertilizer
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