{"id":2937,"date":"2010-07-20T04:07:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2014-10-18T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T16:26:01","slug":"shoulders-of-giants-machine-the-automatic-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/shoulders-of-giants-machine-the-automatic-loom\/2937\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulders of Giants: Toyoda Automatic Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We stand on the <a title=\"toyota history timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/lean-history-and-timeline-toyota-production-system\/5993\/\">shoulders of giants<\/a>. In other words, what we enjoy today &#8211; by and large &#8211; come from those that came before us. So, today I&#8217;m starting a new series I&#8217;m calling &#8220;Shoulders of Giants&#8221; to signify the gratitude we can show to those that have greatly influenced our current practice of continuous improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;ll be remembering the Toyoda Automatic Loom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15552\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/toyota-automatic-loom-lean.png\" alt=\"toyota automatic loom, lean\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/toyota-automatic-loom-lean.png 576w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/toyota-automatic-loom-lean-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1896, <a title=\"biography of sakichi toyoda\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/sakichi-toyoda\/7796\/\">Sakichi Toyoda<\/a> invented Japan&#8217;s first power loom called &#8220;the Toyoda Steam power loom&#8221;. This development increased productivity by twenty times and the quality of the textiles improved and caused a revolution in the textile industry in Japan. But here&#8217;s the subtle but very important discovery and principle:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>when the needle broke, the machine stopped<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sakichi Toyoda created an innovation to the Loom that would later become one of the pillars in the Toyota Production System (Lean). That pillar we now call Jidoka, sometimes called &#8220;smart automation with a human touch&#8221; or &#8220;autonomation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In large part, Andon (&#8220;stop at first defect&#8221;) and (&#8220;Poka-Yoke&#8221;) are later developments that find their influence from the Loom.<\/p>\n<p>So, when we:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determine &#8220;normal&#8221; from &#8220;abnormal&#8221; conditions<\/li>\n<li>Stop at First Defect (Andon)<\/li>\n<li>Conduct Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys)<\/li>\n<li>Implement Countermeasures<\/li>\n<li>Reflect to see if the Countermeasures accomplished what we expected<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We can thank the loom for its influence on current practices of Lean (PDCA for example) that find their roots back to an obscure invention &#8211; a sawing machine, the automatic loom.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We stand on the shoulders of giants. 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