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Chapter 9. Make Technology Fit 207
Philosophy
Meet takt by flexible,
reliable, low cost human-
machine systems
Performance measures Principle
Total system cost, quality, Equipment supports
delivery people and process
Strategy
Selectively automate to
support lean process Results
Flexibility,
Tools
reliability, waste
Poka yoke, right-sized Method
reduction
equipment, chaku Kaizen manual
chaku, SMED, process first
customized automation
Reason
Technology augments
human capability;
supports lean
philosophy
Effect
Controls
Automation supports
Visual controls, TPM
people in waste
reduction
Figure 9-2. Lean automation process
ask how that system can be further improved with some specific capability.
Technology offers one solution to help “meet takt time by flexible, low cost human-
machine systems.”
In Toyota the responsibility for bringing any new production equipment
into the plant belongs to production engineering. Learning TPS is part of the
