In a lean manufacturing process, a poka-yoke method is employed to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors in real time. Industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo first applied the term poka-yoke (“mistake-proofing” in Japanese) to the Toyota Production System.
THE DEMAND FOR POSITION SENSING IS GROWING, AND SENSOR MANUFACTURERS ARE ADDRESSING THIS MARKET DEMAND BY OFFERING AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS.