The warning lights are incorporated into an easily visible, overhead signboard, which also identifies the area or specific workstation that has the problem. Originating from the word for a paper lantern, it is a term that refers to an illuminated signal notifying others of a problem within the quality-control or production streams.Īctivation of the alert – usually by a pull-cord or button – automatically halts production so that a solution can be found. Andon is a typical tool to apply the Jidoka principle (also referred to as ‘autonomation’), which means the highlighting of a problem, as it occurs, in order to immediately introduce countermeasures to prevent re-occurrence. Toyota Production System – Andon (English: ‘Sign’ or ‘Signal’)Ī visual aid which highlights where action is required (eg the flashing light in manufacturing plants that indicate the line has been stopped by one of the operators due to some irregularity). These words have all been adopted into the vocabulary of the workforce at Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK in Burnaston, Derbyshire, but they are not necessarily familiar to the outside world. In this glossary we aim to list and describe some of these words and phrases, in order that we can all have a better understanding of the efficient Toyota Production System.
Japanese car manufacturing, the modern methods of which were pioneered by Toyota, has its own specific words and terms to describe various processes, methods and philosophies.
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