Abstract: Poka-Yoke, pronounced as “POH-kah YOH-keh”, it was introduced by Shigeo Shingo (1909-1990), a Japanese industrial engineer who was born in Saga City, Japan and was one of the world’s leading experts on manufacturing practices and also documented “The Toyota Production System”. Poka-Yoke means “fail-safing” or “mistake-proofing”. The term comes from Japan and it is “yokeru” which means “to avoid” and “poka” which means “inadvertent errors”. First, Poka-Yoke was Baka-yoke but as this means “fool-proofing” or better “idiot-proofing” the name became Poka-Yoke.

Key words: management, poka-yake, teaching, economics