Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System for Continuous Improvement

Shigeo Shingo, President, Institute Of Management Improvement

ISBN 10: 0915299305 / ISBN 13: 9780915299300

Published by Productivity Press, Portland, OR, 1988

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Very Near Fine: shows just a spot of crimp to the head of the backstrip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single unobtrusive imperfection. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.35 x 0.5 inches) . Foreword by Norman Bodek. Language: English. Weight: 29.9 ounces. Hardcover: Pictorial Laminate Boards. The content of the book is amazing. Shigeo Shingo is truly a visionary. This book should be available to all those who want to implement a lean transformation so that you understand why Shingo-san developed the tools and guidelines that he did. Shigeo Shingo was the mastermind behind the Toyota Production System, constantly experimenting and thinking on how to improve. The result was an approach that significantly reduced required inventories (and their associated costs and losses) , improved quality, and reduced throughput time. This book will make you stop to think, scratch your head in disbelief, and then finally agree in amazement. I consider this book as 'the fundamentals'. The Industrial-engineering perspective starts here, and the western world can learn plenty from the methods laid out by Dr Shigeo Shingo in this stunningly well-presented text. 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: 1. Fundamental flaws in European and American production philosophies. 2. Basic concepts for improving production systems. 3. The "scientific thinking mechanism" -- a new approach to improvement. Implementing a production method in an age of authorized stock production. 4. Development of production functions in the age of non-stock production. 5. Significance of the different production systems. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xvii, 454 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System for Continuous Improvement
• Publisher: Productivity Press, Portland, OR
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915299305
• ISBN 13: 9780915299300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition; Fifth Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Shigeo Shingo was an influential figure in the improvement of productivity and his methods became an integral part of the Japan Management Association and the Toyota Motor Corporation. He was an industrial engineer who founded the Institute of Management Improvement. He gained recognition for developing the following concepts: Just In Time (JIT) or the Toyota Production System, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), and Zero Quality Control where the principle of Poka-Yoke (mistake-proofing) was created. He graduated from Yamanashi Technical College with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a business consultant and lecturer on productivity improvements for various companies throughout the world. In 1970 he was awarded The Yellow Ribbon Medal for Contributions to streamlining operations in the shipbuilding industry. In 1988, in honor of Shigeo Shingo, Utah State University founded the Shingo Prize for excellence in manufacturing which highlights company achievements. Shigeo Shingo's techniques have had a positive impact on companies who want to achieve better results.