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JIDOKA

Jidoka is defined as automation with a human touch or mind, or autonomation. Automatic machinery that will operate itself but always incorporates the following devices: a mechanism to detect abnormalities or defects, and a mechanism to stop the machine or line when defects or abnormalities occur.


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