Shingo, whose work at Toyota provided the foundation for JIT, teaches how to implement non-stock production in your JIT manufacturing operations. The culmination of his extensive writings on efficient production management and continuous improvement, this book is an essential companion volume to his other landmark books on key elements of JIT, including SMED and poka-yoke.
It Includes:
Fundamental flaws in European and American production philosophies.
Basic concepts for improving production systems.
• The "scientific thinking mechanism" -- a new approach to improvement.
• Implementing a production method in an age of authorized stock production.
• Development of production functions in the age of non-stock production.
• Significance of the different production systems.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Publisher’s Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 : Fundamental Flaws in European and American Production Philosophies
Chapter 2 : Basic Concepts for Improving Production Systems
Chapter 3 : The Scientific Thinking Mechanism (STM)
Chapter 4 : Management Functions
Chapter 5 : The Evolution of Production Systems in the Authorized Stock Production (ASP) Era
Chapter 6 : Development of Production Functions in the Non-Stock Production (NSP) Era (Fifth Industrial Revolution)
Chapter 7 : Significance of the Different Production Systems
Chapter 8 : Comprehensive Overview
A Final Note
Publications
Index
