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Mistake-Proofing Initial Training Outline

everyday examples on every page

 

Material is organized into four 90-minute sessions presented on one day
John R. Grout

Session I: Introductory Material

Welcome
                       Housekeeping
                       Objectives
                       Definitions & basic concepts
Everyday Examples
                       Some examples
Why use it? -- Motivation
Economics (what's the cost savings)
The problem of human error (why is it hard to fix with existing tools)
What would you do?
Current prevention and appraisal methods
                       (Exercise: What are you doing to make things turn out right currently?)
                       How your current methods work
                       Are zero defects really possible?

Session II: Basics

 Logic of inspection
                       Judgment
                       Informative
                       Source
 Anatomy of mistake-proofing
                       Inspection techniques
                       Setting functions
                       Control methods
 Examples
 Hierarchy/rules of thumb
                       Discuss what is most/least effective among parts of Mistake-proofing

Session III: What to expect

 Where it works well & does not work well
                       Economics of devices
                       Clear intent -- know the answer
 Synergy with other quality tools
 Design issues
                       Complexity
                       DFA (Design For Assembly) rules
                       Quality tools life cycle
Group Case Studies & presentations

Session IV: Psychology of human error

Putting knowledge in the world
                       (EXERCISE: legos)
                       Constraints
                       Affordances
                       Visibility & feedback
 Implementation
Keep it simple & low cost
                       Bias for action
                       Implementation submission, approval, tracking, idea transfer,

Assignment: Develop and implement one or more mistake-proofing devices and report your efforts in 4-6 weeks.
 

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