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Onox Mtt

Onox Mtt is a precision sheet-metal processing company based in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka. The company is a supplier to manufacturers of medical devices, electronic instruments and office automation equipment.

Japanese factory with worker checking quality defects

Dealing with Defects

Following on from the two previous #AskSensei sessions on quality, Akinori Hyodo discusses how we should deal with defects when they are detected. Hyodo Sensei stresses the importance of not only acting immediately and identifying the true cause of the issues but also having the right structure in place in dealing with the problems.

Lean Factory Shop Floor

The Role of Inspection within Quality

Many companies include quality inspection as part of their quality control process. However, from a lean perspective, inspections add no value to the products being produced. Akinori Hyodo discusses the importance of quality assurance and delves deeper into the role of inspection within quality. He also explains why introducing inspection in your process should not be regarded as a countermeasure to your quality issues.

TPS Leader Akinori Hyodo

Toyota’s Approach to Quality

Assuring quality is essential in keeping customers satisfied and is an important component of business success. Yet, many companies struggle to control the quality of their products. Hyodo Sensei discusses how Toyota approaches quality and explains the importance of guaranteeing quality within each process.

Manufacturing shop floorr

Root Cause Analysis

When you find a problem, getting down to its true cause and addressing it at the root level are crucial to prevent the same issue from happening again. Akinori Hyodo explains how you can get down to the core of the issue and stresses the importance of taking this approach over and over when faced with a problem in order to increase the level of precision of your problem solving.

Visualizing Problems

Visualizing Problems

Following on from the previous #AskSensei webinar on the topic of visual management boards, we continue to discuss the importance of visualization and visualizing problems in your work place. Akinori Hyodo explains why this is important and draws some simple but effective examples from Japanese factory shop floors.