Jidoka自働化
Jidoka is the principle of building quality into a process by giving machines and operators the authority to stop when an abnormality is detected, rather than letting defective work continue downstream. It appears in manufacturing documentation for andon systems, poka-yoke devices, equipment controls, and work instructions where automatic detection is combined with human intervention to investigate and correct the root cause before production resumes.
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Where this term appears
In translation and localization, jidoka appears in equipment manuals, line-control descriptions, and lean-training content explaining why a machine stops by itself. It is often paired with andon or poka-yoke in source texts, and the translator must decide whether to keep the Japanese term, use an approved gloss, or explain it on first occurrence.
Translation checks
A common mistake is translating jidoka as generic 'automation,' erasing the human-control element that distinguishes it from full automation. That can make a safety or quality control description inaccurate, because the text may be specifying that the equipment detects an error but still requires an operator to intervene.
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