Revolution in Manufacturing

"One of the most thought provoking manufacturing books anyone can read. It is filled with excellent improvement solutions that have wide potential application." —Ken Stork, Past President, AME Target, June 2004 "Dr. Shingo's visit to our plant was significant in making breakthroughs in productivity which we previously thought were impossible. The benefits that we are receiving are more far-reaching than I had personally anticipated. Because of Dr. Shingo's direction, we have been able to reduce changeover time from 4 to 5 hours to an average of 2.5 to 4 minutes."— Gifford M. Brown, Plant Manager, Cleveland Engine Plants, Ford Motor Company, June 2004

• Publisher's Preface, Foreword, Introduction, PART ONE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE SMED SYSTEM, 1. The Structure of Production, 2. Setup Operations in the Past, 3. Fundamentals of SMED, 4. Techniques for Applying SMED, 5. Applying SMED to Internal Operations, 6. Basic Examples of SMED, 7. Effects of SMED, PART TWO: THE SMED SYSTEM -- CASE STUDIES, 8. Implementing SMED, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Washing Machine Division (Mikuni Plant), 9. Setup Improvements Based on the Toyota Production System, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., 10. A Quick-Setting ("Q-S") Campaign , Nippon Kogaku K.K. (Oi Plant), 11. Using SMED on a Farm Machinery Processing Line, Kubota, Ltd. (Sakai Plant), 12. Setup Improvements Based on Shop Circle Activities, Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd., 13. Comprehensive Development of the SMED Concept to Include Affiliated Plants, Arakawa Auto Body Industries K.K., 14. SMED Developments in Producing Slide Bearings , T.H. Kogyo K.K., 15. Examples and Effects of the SMED System, Glory Industries K.K., 16. Achievement of SMED Through Company-Wide Activities, Kyoei Kogyo K.K., 17. SMED in Tire Manufacturing Processes, Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd., 18. Using SMED for Aluminum Die-Casting Dies, Tsuta Machine and Metals Co., Ltd., 19. The Shingo One-Touch Die Exchange System: The Boltless Method, Postscript, About the Author, Index