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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

Jidoka

Lean principle of automation with a human touch: stopping the process when a defect is detected.

Definition

One of the two pillars of the Toyota Production System with just-in-time. Andon cords or lights signal problems so they are fixed at the source.

Example

A CI pipeline stops the line on a failed build, and the team fixes it immediately.

Exam tip

Jidoka + JIT = TPS pillars.

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