Intuitive Poka Yoke software helps your business
For a manufacturing business, ensuring high-quality products is imperative. One of the best ways to ensure quality is by implementing Poka Yoke in your processes, to reduce the amount of human error committed during manufacturing. These errors can be simple things, like forgetting a screw, but they can cause defects that force you to spend more time on repairs.
But getting production right the first time saves you money, time, and improves customer satisfaction. You can do this with simple Poka Yoke software, such as a Poka Yoke checklist that will help you track your Poka Yoke devices and make sure all the measures you introduce are working well.
. Every time you notice an error, use our Poka Yoke app to design and implement a fix.
One thing that makes Poka Yoke software so useful is that all your employees can contribute to documenting errors. Anyone with access to the software is able to use the Poka Yoke app via their own user profile.
Lumiform makes following the steps of Poka Yoke easy with several core benefits, including:
Faster reporting
Intuitive, flexible Poka Yoke software makes collecting data about your manufacturing processes easy. You can use a template to record data about your production process and the errors you observe no matter where you are, and all your findings will be downloaded in real time. And with a digital, centralized solution, you save time while keeping all your data in one place, so it’s easy to refer back to later.
You can reuse our templates as many times as you like, which is important because no two Poka Yoke mechanisms will be the same. They depend on the specific error you are addressing, so it is important to be able to fill out checklists for each separate error. Just fill out the template again and you’ll have two separate sets of data downloaded.
Customizable checklists
The core of Poka Yoke is implementing control mechanisms that ensure production proceeds correctly and there are no mistakes, and one way to do this is by requiring that employees fill out checklists before continuing their work. Using Poka Yoke software, you can create customized checklists. You can use a custom checklist to outline the steps of whatever process your workers need to perform.
Distribute these checklists to employees easily, so that they can fill them out every time they go to work. This way, they will better understand how to do their jobs without errors, become used to double-checking their actions, and eventually, the mistake-proofing philosophy of Poka Yoke will become habit.
You can also use checklists to monitor the quality of your finished products, which is a good way to test whether your Poka Yoke system has been working properly.
Detailed analytics
The data from each checklist you fill out is automatically saved as soon as it’s completed, and turned into customizable analytics, which you can filter according to a variety of factors. Display results according to location, display results of specific checklists, display reports filled out by a specific employee, and more. You can also choose how often to receive these analyses.
Easy access to figures regarding number of inspections completed, number of errors observed, incidents resolved, and more provide a concrete way of visualizing your work. And regular weekly analyses help you track the impact of any changes you introduce to your organization.
Increased productivity
Poka Yoke is a system designed to promote continuous improvement in a workplace. Using digital solutions to implement Poka Yoke improves productivity by improving communication and data sharing between managers and employees. Detailed Poka Yoke checklists clarify proper procedures and empower employees to learn these processes themselves.
Poka Yoke software also reduces waste and costs, because when productivity and quality are improved, fewer products need to be repaired or recalled. Not having to account for product repairs makes inventory management easier. And delays in product sales due to defects translate to revenue losses.
The steps of Poka Yoke are designed with the mentality that improvements are always possible. By maintaining consistent checklists and referring back to the data you collect, you can embrace that mentality.