Andon system
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Andon systems are a warning tool, also developed by Toyota. The basic aim of this system is to bring problems that arise on production lines out into the open quickly and, once the problem is solved, to ensure that production continues without causing excessive loss. It is confused with an information-collection system. However, the Andon system is fundamentally not an information-collection system. By turning the information-collection system into automation, they cause, as in many other automation projects, information to be produced that people will mostly not even find the time to look at. Employees pay no attention to the reports produced by an information system that nobody is interested in, and problems become permanent.
There are fundamental principles in setting up the Andon system. Let us examine them now;
