Kaizen for Quick Changeover: Going Beyond SMED - Hardcover

Arai, Keisuke; Sekine, Kenichi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0915299380 ISBN 13: 9780915299386

Publisher: Productivity Press, 1992

Synopsis

Changeovers in 3 minutes or less! That is the result of the process described in this book. Picking up where Dr. Shingo's Single Minute Exchange of Die left off, it streamlines the process even further to reduce changeover time and cut staffing requirements in half simultaneously!

The book describes how to achieve quick changeover in virtually any type of production environment with:

• A succinct 8-step process for setup improvement.
• 9 basic principles for eliminating changeover waste.

The book first outlines the tactical principles for improving the three phases of the changeover procedure. Next you'll learn how to improve changeover on a processing line. All of the ideas presented are based on kaizen improvements that require very little, if any, expenditure. Process razing and the implementation of one-piece flow are also examined as means for eliminating wasteful transportation and searching.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

About this edition

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0915299380
• ISBN 13: 9780915299386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320