poka-yoke

(noun)

A methodology of using low-cost techniques to error-proof production processes.

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Examples of poka-yoke in the following topics:

  • TQM

    • Quality Methods: There are also many quality methods, such as just-in-time production, variability reduction, and poka-yoke, that can improve processes and reduce waste.

  • The Formation of Russia

    • Ivan III became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1462 and proceeded to refuse the Tatar yoke, collect surrounding lands, and consolidate political power around Moscow.
    • However, one of Ivan the Great’s most substantial accomplishments was refusing the Tatar yoke (as the Mongol Empire’s stranglehold on Rus’ lands has been called) in 1476.

  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    • Brantley, Turner said that he was able to convince Brantley to "cease from his wickedness. " By the spring of 1828, Turner was convinced that he "was ordained for some great purpose in the hands of the Almighty. " While working in his owner's fields on May 12, Turner "heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first. "

  • Ceramcis of the Veracruz

    • In contrast to Smiling Figures from Remojadas, the mold-made ceramic figure from Nopiloa (below) depicts a bearded, mustachioed male wearing a ballgame yoke around his waist to protect him from the hard, solid rubber ball used in play.

  • Arts of the Great Plains

  • Neo-Babylonia

    • During the preceding three centuries, Babylonia had been ruled by the Akkadians and Assyrians, but threw off the yoke of external domination after the death of Assurbanipal, the last strong Assyrian ruler.

  • The Spanish Conquest

    • The Spanish forces went to meet with Atahualpa and demand he take up the “true faith” (Catholicism) and the yoke of Charles I of Spain.

  • Nebuchadnezzar and the Fall of Babylon

    • Assyria descended into a period of civil war after 1050 BCE, which allowed Babylonia to once more largely free itself from the Assyrian yoke for a few decades.

  • Write Productively-Part II

  • Types of Corporate Involvement

    • If the open source developer community is active, the software gets the benefits of wide-area debugging and development, yet the company still gets a royalty stream to support some full-time programmers.Dual-licensing is controversial because it is not a "pure open source play" (as we say in business-speak), but rather yokes funding for open source development to a monopoly-based revenue stream.