Prevalent Technology, Inc.

We produce and market an automated Andon System to manufacturing companies. We also do Custom Software Development. An Andon system is one of the principal elements of the Jidoka quality-control method pioneered by Toyota as part of the Toyota Produ...

We produce and market an automated Andon System to manufacturing companies. We also do Custom Software Development. An Andon system is one of the principal elements of the Jidoka quality-control method pioneered by Toyota as part of the Toyota Production System and therefore now part of the Lean approach. It gives the worker the ability to stop production when a defect is found, and immediately call for assistance. Common reasons for manual activation of the Andon are part shortage, defect created or found, tool malfunction, or the existence of a safety problem. Work is stopped until a solution has been found. The alerts are logged to a database so that they can be used as part of a continuous-improvement program.