Manufacturing DX
Eliminating waste at manufacturing sites.
Ricoh's “Poka-Yoke Winning Method”.
These work errors occur due to a little carelessness, assumptions, or lack of concentration, which can happen to any worker. However, the outflow of defective products may lead to serious damage to a company and remains a perpetual issue in manufacturing management.
There are various measures to prevent these human errors.
Instead of taking measures blindly, it is crucial to understand the circumstances, adopt appropriate measures, and to address the root of the problem.
Ricoh has, of course, always grappled with this issue throughout its many years of manufacturing as well.
Some of the solutions that have emerged from this experience may surely be applicable to your own workplaces.
Where should I begin?
We lack in workers who can train new employees.
I lack knowledge in automation.
I can’t spend much cost...
What can my company do to prevent errors?
The fundamental approach is to begin by identifying and organizing the facts and conditions to extract the emerging factors.
Is it just the worker’s problem?
In addition to little mistakes caused by the workers, it is often said that there are more fundamental causes lying behind those errors.
“Can't see the forest for the trees”.
First, let's identify those fundamental causes.
How can we efficiently eliminate work errors?
Time-consuming inspections and double-checking processes with additional personnel...
These solutions require significant cost, time and may be inefficient. Therefore, it may negatively impact your company’s productivity.
How can we adopt Poka-Yoke while maintaining work efficiency and reducing costs?
Eliminating waste at manufacturing sites.
“Ricoh's “Poka-Yoke Winning Method.”
The information presented here is explained in better details in the following documents.
Download and read the documents to learn about our latest tool, a real-time camera which eliminates human errors during the assembly process.
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