Skip to content

Quick Changeover for Operators: The SMED System (The Shopfloor Series)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Quick Changeover for Operators: The SMED System (The Shopfloor Series) Paperback - 1996

by Shingo, Shigeo

  • Used

Written for frontline production and assembly associates, this text presents an overview of the reasons why SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Die) is important for companies and employees. It sets out the three basic stages of SMED.

Description

UsedGood. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
UsedGood
NZ$14.09
NZ$4.97 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 2 to 8 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Goodwill (Minnesota, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

About Goodwill Minnesota, United States

Biblio member since 2021
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

The mission of Goodwill Easter-Seals Minnesota is to assist people with barriers to education, employment and independence in achieving their goals. We envision strong communities where all people are economically self-sufficient.

More than a store...we prepare people for work.

Terms of Sale: 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or not as described.

Address changes and cancellations after shipment may result in only a partial refund amount that does not include shipping postage. This also applies to returns/refunds made for discretionary returns.


Browse books from Goodwill

Details

  • Title Quick Changeover for Operators: The SMED System (The Shopfloor Series)
  • Author Shingo, Shigeo
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International ed
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Productivity Press, Portland OR
  • Date 1996-06-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6RVK003WHY_ns
  • ISBN 9781563271250 / 1563271257
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.06 x 7.08 x 0.25 in (25.55 x 17.98 x 0.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Manufacturing processes, Machine-tools
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96017512
  • Dewey Decimal Code 670.427

From the publisher

The powerful knowledge contained in this book can make your workplace more productive, your job simpler, and everything more satisfying. It's about how to do equipment or product changeovers in record time--often in less than 10 minutes. The method you'll learn here is called SMED, short for "Single-Minute Exchange of Die" (the "single" here means a single-digit number of minutes).

Developed from a longer book, A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System (cat no. PP9903), written for managers, this book is written for frontline production and assembly associates. It presents an overview of the reasons why SMED is important for companies and employees, sets out the three basic stages of SMED, and then devotes a separate chapter to each of these stages. The first chapter of the book is like an "owner's manual" that tells you how to get the most out of your reading time by using the margin assists, summaries, and other features of the book to help pull out exactly what you need.

One of the most effective ways to use this book is to read and discuss it with other employees. The authors planned the book so that it can be used this way, organizing the book into chunks of information that can be covered in a series of short sessions. Each chapter includes reflection questions to stimulate group discussion. A Learning Package is also available (catalog no.PP7126), which includes a leader's guide, overhead transparencies to summarize major points, and color slides showing examples of SMED applications in different kinds of companies.

First line

Quick Changeover for Operators was written to give you the information you need to participate in implementing the SMED system in your workplace.

From the rear cover

Changeover is the process of setting up a production line for a different process or product. Many plants take hours or even days to do a changeover - a major barrier to manufacturing flexibility. Quick Changeover for Operators, based on Shigeo Shingo's SMED system, teaches frontline employees the techniques and approaches that turn hours of changeover time into minutes, even seconds! Now the learning format in the Shopfloor Series makes these powerful techniques accessible to the whole workforce. SMED is short for "Single-Minute Exchange of Die". The "single" here means a single-digit number of minutes - less than ten. The SMED approach is simple and universal. It works in companies all over the world. Although it was first used in (and named for) manufacturing with dies, the basic principles of SMED have been used to reduce setup and turnaround time in all types of manufacturing, assembly, and even service industries, from process and packaging plants to airlines.

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.