Talk:Poka-yoke

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[edit] Japanese writing

Can some one tell me the actual writing of Poka-yoke in Japanese? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kangchai (talk • contribs)

According to Toyota Production System, it's ポカヨケ —lensovet–talk – 03:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Check out the japanese charaters at http://csob.berry.edu/faculty/jgrout/kanji.html 68.215.187.127 03:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Debate re merging article

Relating to the suggestion that behavior-shaping constraint be merged into this article, I'm going to vote no. The poka-yoke, as defined by Shingo, is more of a Six-Sigma tool then behavior shaping. A poka-yoke is behavior-shaping, but a behavior-shaping constraint is not a poka-yoke. (69.5.131.90 06:12, 8 March 2007 (UTC))

With regards merging the articles on "poka-yoke" and "behaviour-shaping constraint", these are not inter-changeable terms. In English usage "Poka-yoke" is part of the jargon of one particular management theory, whereas "behaviour-shaping constraint" is a free standing generic concept. For these reasons it would not be helpful to merge these two articles. Nickhock 22:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It might serve to distinguish poka-yoke from DFA, in most cases poka-yoke is process-oriented mistake proofing, DFA is product or part oriented. If I change the part so it cannot go in wrong OR makes no differnce how it goes in, it is DFA; if I present the part or add a fixture, it is PY. I have read that some consider the ultimate PY to be a design that cannot go together wrong, but it that is so, then the ultimate PY = DFA. KLWhitehead (talk) 15:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other comments

So this article is about a Japanese word, then? Who would know that from the main article text? 'Poka-yoke ... means "fail-safing" or "mistake-proofing" — avoiding (yokeru)' -- what's that? -- 'inadvertent errors (poka)' -- again, an unfamiliar word, unexplained. 'Originally described as Baka-yoke, but as this means "fool-proofing"' -- it does? In what language? This article needs a better introduction instead of assuming readers already know what you're talking about. 72.208.56.148 01:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Is the link to Murphy's law really relevant? 131.111.232.148 (talk) 22:58, 13 January 2008 (UTC)