A Revolution in Manufacturing : The SMED System (Hardcover Edition)

Title: A Revolution in Manufacturing : The SMED System (Hardcover Edition)
Author: Andrew P. Dillon, Shigeo Shingo
ISBN: 0367022699 / 9780367022693
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 383
Publisher: Productivity Press
Year: 2018
Availability: In Stock
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Written by the industrial engineer who developed SMED (single-minute exchange of die) for Toyota, A Revolution in Manufacturing provides a full overview of this powerful just in time production tool. It offers the most complete and detailed instructions available anywhere for transforming a manufacturing environment in ways that will speed up production and make small lot inventories feasible. The author delves into both the theory and practice of the SMED system, explaining fundamentals as well as techniques for applying SMED. The critically acclaimed text is supported with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, as well as twelve chapter-length case studies.

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It includes :

Theory and practice of the SMED system.
Setup operations in the past.
Fundamentals of SMED.
Techniques for applying SMED.
Basic examples of SMED.
SMED System Case Studies.

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Publisher's Preface
Foreword
Introduction

PART ONE : THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE SMED SYSTEM
Chapter 1 : The Structure of Production
Chapter 2 : Setup Operations in the Past
Chapter 3 : Fundamentals of SMED
Chapter 4 : Techniques for Applying SMED
Chapter 5 : Applying SMED to Internal Operations
Chapter 6 : Basic Examples of SMED
Chapter 7 : Effects of SMED

PART TWO : THE SMED SYSTEM -- CASE STUDIES
Chapter 8 : Implementing SMED
Chapter 9 : Setup Improvements Based on the Toyota Production System
Chapter 10 : A Quick-Setting ("Q-S") Campaign
Chapter 11 : Using SMED on a Farm Machinery Processing Line
Chapter 12 : Setup Improvements Based on Shop Circle Activities
Chapter 13 : Comprehensive Development of the SMED Concept to Include Affiliated Plants
Chapter 14 : SMED Developments in Producing Slide Bearings
Chapter 15 : Examples and Effects of the SMED System
Chapter 16 : Achievement of SMED Through Company-Wide Acitivities
Chapter 17 : SMED in Tire Manufacturing Processes
Chapter 18 : Using SMED for Aluminum Die-Casting Dies
Chapter 19 : The Shingo One-Touch Die Exchange System: The Boltless Method

Postscript
About the Author
Index