Kaizen for Quick Changeover: Going Beyond SMED

by Keisuke Arai, Kenichi Sekine

Overview

Changeovers in 3 minutes or less!

Picking up where Dr. Shingo's Single Minute Exchange of Die left off, this book streamlines the process even further to reduce changeover time, while simultaneously cutting staffing requirements in half. To instruct on how to achieve quick changeover in virtually any type of production environment, the book includes—

A succinct eight-step process for setup improvement

Nine basic principles for eliminating changeover waste

The book begins by outlining the tactical principles for improving the three phases of the changeover procedure. Next it demonstrates how to improve changeover on a processing line. All of the ideas presented are based on kaizen improvements, which require very little, if any, expenditure. Process razing and the implementation of one-piece flow are also examined as means to eliminate wasteful transportation and searching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563273414
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2006
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.01(h) x 0.67(d)

Table of Contents

Part I Basics
1. Steps in Changeover Improvement
2. Steps Toward Zero Changeover
3. A Formula for Achieving Zero Changeover
Part II Processing Line Changeover Improvement Approaches
4. Changeover on Processing Lines
5. Making Inexpensive Improvements to Reduce Staffing Needs
6. Steps for Improving New Processing Lines
Part II Improvement Case Studies
7. Zero Changeover in Press Line Processing
8. Single Changeover in the Steel Forging Industry
9. Zero Changeover for Transfer Machines
10. Changeover Improvement Steps for the Process Industry
11. Zero Changeover for PCB Auto-Testers
12. Zero Changeover for a Sheet Metal Factory
13. Zero Changeover for Plastic-Molding Machines
14. Zero Changeover for Die-Cast Machines
15. Zero Changeover for Assembly Lines