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C a pa b i l i t y 1 : S y s t e m D e s i g n a n d O p e r at i o n tested, estimates be made of what every sensor on the surface would read. Example: Consolidating Three Production Lines We have now seen Toyota's jidoka approach applied very suc- cessfully to the hands-on work of a single individual, to the on-the-job training for a new hire, to the onboarding process for a group of new hires, and to an entire manufacturing oper- ation. The usefulness of clarifying expectations in advance of action and building in tests to recognize when and where those expectations are proven wrong does not stop there. Here is an example of jidoka applied to the very opposite of repetitive work performed by an individual or small team; that is, to a complex one-time-only project carried out by a large