# Yokoten

Operations · `Yokoten` · verification: source checked

Yokoten is a Japanese term for deploying concepts, ideas, or policies horizontally across a company. It is used to make sure that a finding at one location is checked and applied at all other relevant locations. The document illustrates it with a defective valve found on one machine: yokoten is the process of examining all similar valves in the facility and in other relevant facilities for the same defect.

## Specification

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Kind | methodology |
| Origin | Japan |

## Study notes

- Japanese term for deploying concepts, ideas, or policies horizontally across the company.
- Applied example: a defective valve found on one machine triggers examination of all similar valves in the facility and other relevant facilities for the same defect.
- The document cross-references Strategy Deployment; no matching reference entry is available.

## Sources

1. [Yokoten - Lean Enterprise Institute](https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/yokoten/) (accessed 2026-10-25)

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