POKA YOKE (Mistake Proofing)

 

Mistake Proofing, Poka Yoke, or error proofing as some people call it, refers to techniques that make it impossible to make mistakes.  Mistake-Proofing techniques can drive defects out of products and processes and substantially improve quality and reliability.  

 

Poka-Yoke is fool proofing, which is the basis of the Zero Quality Control (ZQC) approach, which is a technique for avoiding and eliminating mistakes. Generally this technique is used in manufacturing process but has much wider uses, such as; offices - order and invoice processing, hospitals - drug dispensing, aircraft maintenance - particularly with processes having the potential of inducing catastrophic in-service failures.

 

Mistake proofing involves innovative thinking coupled with a solid understanding of forced control, shutdown, warning, and sensory alert techniques and strategies.  Mistake Proofing is best taught through examples. Mistake-Proof It! training includes a comprehensive background on techniques as well as the steps required to implement those techniques.  But the most valuable feature of this training course is the hundreds of examples of Mistake-Proofing included throughout the training.  

 

Course Benefits

 

To enable delegates to:

·         Understand and implement the poka Yoke methodology

·         Iunderstand and practically employ the basic techniques associated with Zero Quality Control (ZQC)

·         Identify where ZQC and Poka-Yoke can be used for best effect

·         Coordinate and motive the Poka-Yoke team to provide real, tangible solutions to what appear to be intractable quality problems

·         Train others in the ZQC and Poka-Yoke methodology

Who Should Attend?

·         Quality, Engineers,

·         Software,

·         Food & Drug, etc.

·         Professionals who wish apply the ZQC model and methodology to error prevention and problem solving together with obtaining a clear knowledge of ZQC associated techniques

 

Contents:

 

  • Principles behind ZQC and Poka-Yoke
  • Errors and mistakes
  • Poka-Yoke function and devices

·         ZQC implementation