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2.0 out of 5 stars
A start on one piece flow production cells, January 22, 2006
This review is from: One-Piece Flow (c): Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process (Hardcover)
Book info : I read the 1st English edition that was published in 1992.
Pre required knowledge: SMED
Purchased price : USD 39,90
General : The book is not very easy to read, the information you need is there but the text could be much clearer. Also the writer must like abbreviations, because he uses them a lot. In the end they were starting to get annoying.
Book content:
The book has got 2 parts. Part I handles the basic theoretical part (44% of book) and has got exercises (12%) The first part gives an unclear overview of the theory and then continues using the theory in case studies. Part II (44%) gives 4 applications:
1 Colour Changeover Improvement at a plastics company
2. Establishing one-piece flow at the oriental motor company
3. Single delivery at Mynac clothing company
4. Reducing waste on printed circuit board component assembly lines at Kumamoto Electronics
Because I work in the food processing industry I found the case studies and the applications in part two difficult to understand.
Two other things I would like to point out are:
A. If you maintain the same level of production but decrease the lot size you get more setup time / changeover. Therefore the book can't avoid SMED en Zero changeover principles; actually quit a lot of the book is spend on this topic but I found Shingo's book on this topic much better.
B. While transforming the production process into U cells the writer adds new equipment to the lines / cells, sometimes up to twice as much, as if equipment is falling out of the sky!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book on one piece flow and mfg. cell layout, October 12, 2003
This review is from: One-Piece Flow (c): Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process (Hardcover)
This book contains a great deal of very useful information on creating, or revising, manufacturing cells to reduce waste and improve productivity. The book contains a cogent explanation of the advantages of replacing batch processing with one piece flow processes. It is particularly good at describing how to improve production floor layouts to reduce the number of workers needed to manufacture products while introducing one piece flow. The information is there, but the text could be much clearer. A valuable addition to Shigeo Shingo's books on manufacturing.
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One Piece Flow Cell Design, May 28, 2000
This review is from: One-Piece Flow (c): Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process (Hardcover)
This book does an excellent job of explaining how lean or Toyota Production System (TPS) cells are designed. It covers all of the principles and has many examples. If you are designing work cells or need to understand their design, this is a book you should read and keep handy.
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