CEDAC; A Tool for Continuous Systematic Improvement

Fukuda, Ryuji

ISBN 10: 0915299267 / ISBN 13: 9780915299263

Published by Productivity Press, Cambridge MA, U.S.A., 1989

About this Item

English translation of Japanese original printed in 1986, a workbook for implementing a continuing improvement process for existing business processes, 88 pages plus 10 pages of forms used in the CEDAC process and 5 more pages on other books detaing with continuous improvemnt systems from the publisher.

Seller Inventory # 007493

Bibliographic Details

• Title: CEDAC; A Tool for Continuous Systematic Improvement
• Publisher: Productivity Press, Cambridge MA, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915299267
• ISBN 13: 9780915299263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

When you're trying to improve quality and productivity, it's essential to target the right problems, get the right people involved in solving them, and make sure the solutions work. CEDAC will help you do all three. CEDAC, or Cause-and-Effect Diagram with the Addition of Cards, is a modification of the "fishbone diagram," a standard QC tool. One of the most powerful, yet simple problem solving methods to come out of Japan (Fukuda won a Deming Prize for developing it), CEDAC actually encompasses a whole cluster of tools for continuous systematic improvement.

They include:

• Window analysis for problem identification.
• The CEDAC diagram for problem analysis and development of standards.
• Nearly 50 illustrations and sample forms suitable for transparencies.
• A removable CEDAC wall chart.
• Window development for ensuring adherence to standards.

Here, in his own words, is Fukuda's how-to manual for the in-house support of improvement activities using CEDAC. Previously available only to his own clients, it provides step-by-step directions for setting up and using CEDAC. With a text that's concise, clear, and to the point. The manual is an ideal training aid.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese