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Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement
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 covers—

  • 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.

    • Dr. Shingo pulls together all the pieces of the production puzzle and thoroughly destroys the myth of the inevitability of waste and inventory.

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    Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement
    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 covers—

  • 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.

    • Dr. Shingo pulls together all the pieces of the production puzzle and thoroughly destroys the myth of the inevitability of waste and inventory.

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    Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement

    Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement

    by Shigeo Shingo
    Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement

    Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement

    by Shigeo Shingo

    Overview

    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 covers—

  • 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.

    • Dr. Shingo pulls together all the pieces of the production puzzle and thoroughly destroys the myth of the inevitability of waste and inventory.

    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781563273476
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Publication date: 06/21/2006
    Edition description: UK ed.
    Pages: 479
    Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

    Table of Contents

    List of Figures List of Tables Publisher's Foreword Preface 1. Fundamental Flaws in European and American Production Philosophies 2. Basic Concepts for Improving Production Systems 3. The Scientific Thinking Mechanism (STM) 4. Management Functions 5. The Evolution of Production Systems in the Authorized Stock Production (ASP) Era 6. Development of Production Functions in the Non-Stock Production (NSP) Era (Fifth Industrial Revolution) 7. Significance of the Different Production Systems 8. Comprehensive Overview A Final Note Publications Index
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