About the Presentation
Jidoka is the process of imparting human intelligence to a machine so that it automatically stops or provides audio-signal when a problem arises. In this unique session, you can learn from Riad all about:
- Defining Jidoka - The most important principles of lean
- Why Jidoka is least understood in most organizations?
- The Basic types of Jidoka - Visible and Invisible
- Examples of Jidoka in many industries including Honky-Tonk
- JIT (Pillar #1) Vs. JIDOKA (Pillar #2)
About the Speaker
Riad is the senior director of Production Engineering & Continuous Improvement at Leggett & Platt, Adjustable Bed Division. He leads the division NPI activities and works closely with the commercial team to ensure that new products or customer products are properly developed, qualified, managed, and launched into production. This role also provides guidance and experienced technical and quality support to the production engineering and quality teams on critical issues such as quality and productivity improvement
He brings over 26 years of experience (over half in Japanese companies) in the areas of supply chain, asset management, production engineering, maintenance and manufacturing, including fabrication, assembly and testing. Former employers include: Zimmer Biomet, Toyota Boshoku, Leggett & Platt, Borg-Warner, Denso Corporation, Harley-Davidson/Utilimaster, and General Motors/ Saturn plant. He is a subject matter expert in Operations Excellence. He is certified in Ergonomics, Lean Manufacturing, Total Industrial Engineering, Change Management and VA/VE. He has completed a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from the University of Tennessee, Center for Executive Education. Furthermore, Riad is also a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner-in-Training 2014.
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