Poka-Yoke is a Japane se term which effectively means “mistake proofing”. The common term we are familiar with is “fool proofing”, but this does not fit in with the Japanese understanding of the ...

Have you ever accidentally microwaved your face? No? You’ve never opened the microwave door while it was cooking and ...

While buying a pair of dress slacks recently, I was surprised to see the department manager using a mistake-proofing device to mark the pant length for tailoring. He placed an upside-down, Y-shaped ...

Poka-yokes are mechanisms used to mistake-proof an entire process. Ideally, poka-yokes ensure that proper conditions exist before actually executing a process step, preventing defects from occurring ...

Cambridge, United Kingdom-based Team Consulting, a medical device design company, is incorporating the Japanese concepts of “poka-yoke” to its pharmaceutical packaging in attempts to reduce medical ...