The Japanese term Jidoka (German correspondence: Autonomation for autonomous automation) designates the enterprise of a machine without human monitoring. But with the machine components and functions (e.g. test sensors) are implemented, it shows which to deviations from the normal operation independently. Thus the machine can their processing process stop and (human) the operator appropriate warnings spend. The production of defective products is avoided thereby, what contributes to the quality increase.

Jidoka is an cost-efficient intermediate step on the way to the complete automation, with which machines are to eliminate recognized errors independently.

The Jidoka principle is in the production system of Toyota an important component.

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