Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Autonomation:

A form of automation in which machinery automatically inspects each item after producing it and ceases production and notifies humans if a defect is detected.. Toyota expanded the meaning of jidohka to include the responsibility of all workers to function similarly—to check every item produced and, if a defect is detected, make no more until the cause of the defect has been identified and corrected.

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