A Revolution in Manufacturing : The SMED System

Written by the industrial engineer who developed SMED for Toyota, this book contains hundreds of illustrations and photographs, as well as twelve chapter-length case studies. Here are the most complete and detailed instructions available anywhere for transforming a manufacturing environment to speed up production and make small lot inventories feasible.

Publisher's Preface
Foreword
Introduction

PART ONE : THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE SMED SYSTEM
Chapter 1 : The Structure of Production
Chapter 2 : Setup Operations in the Past
Chapter 3 : Fundamentals of SMED
Chapter 4 : Techniques for Applying SMED
Chapter 5 : Applying SMED to Internal Operations
Chapter 6 : Basic Examples of SMED
Chapter 7 : Effects of SMED

PART TWO : THE SMED SYSTEM -- CASE STUDIES
Chapter 8 : Implementing SMED
Chapter 9 : Setup Improvements Based on the Toyota Production System
Chapter 10 : A Quick-Setting ("Q-S") Campaign
Chapter 11 : Using SMED on a Farm Machinery Processing Line
Chapter 12 : Setup Improvements Based on Shop Circle Activities
Chapter 13 : Comprehensive Development of the SMED Concept to Include Affiliated Plants
Chapter 14 : SMED Developments in Producing Slide Bearings
Chapter 15 : Examples and Effects of the SMED System
Chapter 16 : Achievement of SMED Through Company-Wide Acitivities
Chapter 17 : SMED in Tire Manufacturing Processes
Chapter 18 : Using SMED for Aluminum Die-Casting Dies
Chapter 19 : The Shingo One-Touch Die Exchange System: The Boltless Method

Postscript
About the Author
Index

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