Course Information
Introduction to Mistake-Proofing Training
Learners will be able to:
- Describe what is meant by the mistake-proofing mindset.
- Explain key mistake-proofing concepts of effects, outcomes and solutions.
- Be able to select the most effective mistake-proofing solutions.
About This Course
What is Mistake-Proofing (Poka Yoke)?
Mistakes seem to happen at the worst time. At work, just before a critical shipment, an inadvertent mistake causes the entire shipment to be rejected. Or at home, just before leaving for a long anticipated vacation, “Murphy’s Laws” intervene, and a series of seemingly unavoidable mistakes delays our departure.
Can we defeat Murphy’s Laws? Can we eliminate these costly mistakes? Probably not totally, but the use of mistaking-proofing tools and techniques will put an end to many of the repetitive, costly mistakes that rob us of time and money both at home and at work. Mistake-Proofing is more than just incremental improvements or trying harder to do a better job. Mistake-Proofing techniques don’t just reduce the chance of making errors, they can eliminate the possibility for error altogether.
Introduction to Mistake-Proofing Online Training
Introduction to Mistake-Proofing is an online training course designed to introduce learners to the prevention-focused mindset that is the cornerstone of mistake-proofing. Learners will also become familiar with mistake-proofing concepts, tools and techniques used to formulate (and evaluate) mistake-proofing solutions. For more in-depth, step-by-step training on Mistake-Proofing, please see our Mistake-Proofing Training or Error-Proofing Business Processes online courses.
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- English (EN-US)
- Chinese (simplified) (ZH)
- Czech (CS)
- French (FR)
- German (DE)
- Italian (IT)
- Japanese (no audio) (JA)
- Korean (no audio) (KO)
- Polish (PL)
- Portuguese (Brazilian) (PT-BR)
- Romanian RO)
- Russian (RU)
- Spanish (ES)
- Vietnamese (no audio) (VI)
Course Objectives
- Understand the mistake-proofing mindset and the goal of mistake-proofing.
- Recognize why errors are made.
- Learn the language of mistake-proofing.
- Recognize mistake-proofing solutions in everyday life and use these solutions as triggers for ideas to mistake-proof your processes.
- See the value of improving processes so that mistakes are prevented instead of relying on inspection to find mistakes.
- Be familiar with the 4 mistake-proofing effects, 2 forms of outcomes and 8 types of mistake-proofing solutions.
- Identify the five process input elements that exist in any process.
- Be acquainted with basic root cause analysis tools needed for mistake-proofing solutions.
- Be aware of how to assess potential solutions to determine if they are practical, feasible, cost-effective, robust and sustainable.
Course Outline
Lesson 1 | Mistake-Proofing in Everyday Life
- Understand the mistake-proofing mindset.
- Recognize that to mistake-proof a process or system the root cause of mistakes or errors must be found and addressed.
- Be aware of examples of common mistake-proofing in action in everyday life.
- Understand that mistake-proofing does not require elaborate efforts or complex
Lesson 2 | Effects, Outcomes and Solution Types
- Know the four effects and two outcomes of mistake-proofing solutions.
- Understand the relative mistake-proofing power of each effect-outcome combination.
Lesson 3 | Formulating Solutions
- Appreciate that the root cause of the mistake/problem must be identified and addressed to effectively mistake-proof a process.
- Learn how to apply the Five-Whys, Comparative Analysis, Timeline Analysis and Cause and Effect Diagrams as mistake-proofing investigative tools.
- Become familiar with how additive data picture tools help paint a picture of the problem.
Lesson 4 | Evaluating Solution Candidates
- Learn how to evaluate whether solution candidates are practical, feasible and cost-effective.
- Be able to evaluate the robustness and sustainability of solution candidates.
Challenge
- An assessment of the learner’s progress in this course.
4.4 out of 5 stars
Comments from Learners About This Course
- Very good, gets you on the correct path to identify root causes actions on how to correct them, Overall good course.
- Overall course was well laid out and definitely helpful.
- Made me think.
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