2009年2月11日水曜日

Pokayoke in IUJ - 3



Product Design : Smoke Detector in Dormitory Room
Location : Student Dormitory (SD1, SD2 and SD3)
Mistake Prevention : Fire Hazard

Smoke detector is installed in every room in the student dormitory. Although shared kitchen is provided in each dormitory, some students still prefer to cook light meals in their rooms. The smoke detector functions to prevent fire hazard. When it detects a large amount of smoke, it will alert the Security Center, which will then alert the Minami Uonuma City Fire Prevention Department to send fire brigades to the location.

About Pokayoke
Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ?) (IPA: [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "fail-safing", "Foolproof" or "mistake-proofing" — avoiding (yokeru) inadvertent errors (poka)) is a behavior-shaping constraint, or a method of preventing errors by putting limits on how an operation can be performed in order to force the correct completion of the operation. The concept was formalised, and the term adopted, by Shigeo Shingo as part of the Toyota Production System. Originally described as Baka-yoke, but as this means "fool-proofing" (or "idiot proofing") the name was changed to the milder Poka-yoke.

(source: Wikipedia)

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