[dammitcoetzee]

It's hard not to be dismissive of what appears to be a simple set of concepts, but you're missing on an opportunity to learn a very cool set of skills here. I recommend that anyone who wants to live a better life and do better work read books on the Toyota Production System and Taiichi Ohno. As for Poka-Yoke, It's a word that seems simple but when used in industry contexts communicates a deeper set of requirements than just "make it foolproof". Also, don't undersell how useful systematizing common sense is (and how difficult its application can get).

[philwelch]

I don’t mean to undersell it. If anything, I’ve been growing increasingly impressed at how many of life’s secrets also turn out to be things that everyone knows.

Edit: Plus, Wikipedia does a very inconsistent job of explaining conceptual things in non-superficial ways; probably because most extended discussions of “poka-yoke” wouldn’t be “neutral” or “verifiable” or would “favor one particular source”. I haven’t checked it lately, but Wikipedia’s article on method acting used to do almost nothing to explain what the hell it was; it just had a lot of verbiage about who does it and who learned it from whom. Maybe there needs to be a separate concept explanation wiki that has different requirements.

[aerophilic]

Any specific books you would recommend?

Doing a quick search on Amazon I found: Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/143982097X/ref=sr_ob_1?ie=UTF8&qid...

Taiichi Ohnos Workplace Management: Special 100th Birthday Edition https://www.amazon.com/Taiichi-Ohnos-Workplace-Management-Bi...

The Toyota Mindset: The Ten Commandments of Taiichi Ohno https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Mindset-Commandments-Taiichi-O...

There seem to be handful directly from Taiichi Ohno (including a management book), and then many that refer to him and his process. Guidance would be appreciated!

[lostapathy]

"The Toyota Way" http://a.co/d/eso4HOR might be the best example of a very easy to read book that explores the Toyota system in a practical ways.

It's full of a lot of anecdotes that really show how Toyota thinks in practice and isn't just a textbook you have to apply yourself.

[lfy_google]

There's also "The Machine That Changed the World":

https://www.lean.org/Bookstore/ProductDetails.cfm?SelectedPr...

Generally, anything auto manufacturing related works too.

Also:

"The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6278270-the-principles-o...

We see a lot of words written on "lean" software development but I feel like it's better to learn from broader sources, and from industries that have had a lot more regulation and time to develop good practices.

[h-]

The best book on Lean for beginners is “2 Second Lean” by Paul Akers. You can buy the book or get it free directly from Paul Akers’ website. https://paulakers.net/books/2-second-lean

Mr. Akers also has several hundred videos about Lean on his YouTube channel. https://paulakers.net/lean-videos

And for an impressive display of what Lean can do, watch this video “Lean Manufacturing - Kaizen Methodology - Lean FastCap Style” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su9CulCZTBg