Principle 5. Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time. Quality for the customer drives your value proposition. Use all the modern quality assurance methods available. Build into your equipment the capability of detecting problems and stopping itself. Develop a visual system to alert team or project leaders that a machine or process needs assistance. Jidoka (machines with human intelligence) is the foundation for "building in" quality. Build into your organization support systems to quickly solve problems and put in place
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