Your word of the day is poka-yoke: mistake-proof. Such as keying on network cables that ensures they can only be inserted correctly. From Wikipedia:<\/p>\n
Poka-yoke<\/a>\u00a0(<\/b><\/span>\u30dd\u30ab\u30e8\u30b1<\/b>?<\/sup><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/b><\/span>\u00a0[poka yoke]<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing”. A poka-yoke is any mechanism in a\u00a0lean manufacturing<\/span><\/a>\u00a0process that helps an equipment operator avoid (<\/span>yokeru<\/i><\/span>) mistakes (<\/span>poka<\/i><\/span>). Its purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to\u00a0human errors<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as they occur.[1]<\/sup><\/span><\/a>\u00a0The concept was formalised, and the term adopted, by\u00a0Shigeo Shingo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Toyota Production System<\/span><\/a>.[2]<\/sup><\/span><\/a>[3]<\/sup><\/span><\/a>\u00a0It was originally described as\u00a0baka<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span>-yoke<\/i><\/span>, but as this means “fool-proofing” (or “idiot-proofing<\/span><\/a>“) the name was changed to the milder\u00a0<\/span>poka-yoke<\/i><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poka-yoke<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n To eliminate defects we embrace poka-yoke instead of blaming people.<\/span><\/p>\n Building computers for fun in the 1980’s I ruined at least one floppy drive because I plugged the controller cable in backwards. \u00a0Nowadays those kinds of screw-ups are much more difficult to make.<\/p>\n My favorite story about being committed to not blaming people comes from my father’s career. They had chemicals next to each other in identical vials that made it easy for him to mistakenly waste about $10,000 of material. (Double that figure when you adjust for inflation.)<\/p>\n When he hesitantly told his manager about it the guy said, “Well, we shouldn’t have made it so easy to make that mistake.”<\/strong><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your word of the day is poka-yoke: mistake-proof. Such as keying on network cables that ensures they can only be inserted correctly. From Wikipedia: Poka-yoke\u00a0(\u30dd\u30ab\u30e8\u30b1?)\u00a0[poka yoke]\u00a0is a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing”. A poka-yoke is any mechanism in a\u00a0lean manufacturing\u00a0process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka). Its purpose is to eliminate product… Continue reading WOTD: Poka-Yoke Means Mistake Proof<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[78,77],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-executive","tag-post-mortem","tag-wotd","post_format-post-format-link","wow fadeInUp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.managerjs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dumb, Costly Errors Should Be Hard To Make<\/h2>\n