The Kaizen of "The Toyota Way"

Talk about Lean Six Sigma and poke yoke! Toyota manufacturing goes to great lengths to produce high quality automobiles. Their kaizen, or continuous pursuit of improvement, is ingrained at every level of the organization. Here’s an example of Toyota’s training activity to learn how to paint cars.

Students practice paint jobs by spraying water in front of a one-way mirror, where a video camera on the other side detects erroneous movements. Cups are placed at the bottom, and the water that fills up in each of the cups must be even to prove the apprentice has carried out his moves accurately.

Very impressive use of Six Sigma.

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