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A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System
Written by the industrial engineer who developed SMED (single-minute exchange of die) for Toyota, A Revolution in Manufacturing provides a full overview of this powerful just in time production tool. It offers the most complete and detailed instructions available anywhere for transforming a manufacturing environment in ways that will speed up production and make small lot inventories feasible. The author delves into both the theory and practice of the SMED system, explaining fundamentals as well as techniques for applying SMED. The critically acclaimed text is supported with hundreds of illustrations and photographs, as well as twelve chapter-length case studies.
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386 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1985
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June 13, 2022
A classic book for manufacturing. The translation can be difficult to understand at times, but this is a book every manufacturing engineer should know about.
December 5, 2016
As a lean zealot I know I am supposed to love the works of Shingo. He literally wrote the books on SMED and Poke Yoke. I have to be honest - this book (SMED SYSEM) was a bit painful to make it through.
First section was very good going over the steps involved with separating internal and external setup and justification for setups. He explained how to push for more and more improvement.
Third (final) section was also very good on implementing "boltless" methods to reduce setup time. Automating bolt tightening is still very much "over-processing waste".
The middle section, section 2, was the section I was most looking forward to - The Case Studies. Generally in a book or article I will get the most out of how people implement. In this book; however, there were so many and they were so technical in nature that many were hard to follow. Using pictures usually would help, but in this case the pictures were poor and/or the drawings were very technical for someone not familiar with dies. Descriptions seemed a bit weak also which I am assuming is due to the translation from the original Japanese to English.
I would have enjoyed this book much more if the editor had trimmed the case studies down to 2-4 case studies, "SMED" has 11 case studies. The additional 7 or 8 case studies could have been published into a companion book.
The techniques are good, there is no doubt, but at over 380 pages (50% being case study) it was a tough read that is for sure.
First section was very good going over the steps involved with separating internal and external setup and justification for setups. He explained how to push for more and more improvement.
Third (final) section was also very good on implementing "boltless" methods to reduce setup time. Automating bolt tightening is still very much "over-processing waste".
The middle section, section 2, was the section I was most looking forward to - The Case Studies. Generally in a book or article I will get the most out of how people implement. In this book; however, there were so many and they were so technical in nature that many were hard to follow. Using pictures usually would help, but in this case the pictures were poor and/or the drawings were very technical for someone not familiar with dies. Descriptions seemed a bit weak also which I am assuming is due to the translation from the original Japanese to English.
I would have enjoyed this book much more if the editor had trimmed the case studies down to 2-4 case studies, "SMED" has 11 case studies. The additional 7 or 8 case studies could have been published into a companion book.
The techniques are good, there is no doubt, but at over 380 pages (50% being case study) it was a tough read that is for sure.
November 1, 2020
Aunque la esencia del libro y la metodologia son actuales, los ejemplos del libro son antiguos, ya que se escribió en el siglo pasado.
En resumen, aquellos que consigan aplicar SMED ( separando prinero prepararión interna de preparaxión externa, luego estandarizando, y por último eliminando ajustes), serán capaces de pasar de una producción anticipada - un método de producción basado en previsiones y conjeturas - a una producción confirmada basada en órdenes efectivas o actuales.
En resumen, aquellos que consigan aplicar SMED ( separando prinero prepararión interna de preparaxión externa, luego estandarizando, y por último eliminando ajustes), serán capaces de pasar de una producción anticipada - un método de producción basado en previsiones y conjeturas - a una producción confirmada basada en órdenes efectivas o actuales.
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March 17, 2022In the 80's, when this book was published, the concept of batch production was widely spread, and regarded as the only way of achieve productivity.
Shingo shows the method implemented by Toyota in its plants, that he calls SMED (Single Minute Exchange Die). This is one of the tools that allowed production in small-size lots, or even one-piece flow. Reduction of lot size brought on several advantages, like cost reduction, quality improvement, and shorter leadtime, among others.
Shingo shows the method implemented by Toyota in its plants, that he calls SMED (Single Minute Exchange Die). This is one of the tools that allowed production in small-size lots, or even one-piece flow. Reduction of lot size brought on several advantages, like cost reduction, quality improvement, and shorter leadtime, among others.
October 29, 2019
More TPS. More Kaizen. Great for breaking things down and into simple actions. Great supplement to other manufacturing books
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