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A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System

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Before reading this book, i had no certain opinions about SMED system. There was a lack of knowledge and i could not apply this technique properly in the factory which I am working for. Now, i am applying SMED technique and decreasing setup times sharply even not under ten minutes. This book opens doors for its reader. Pay money and take it. !

This book does an excellent job of explaining how manufacturing setup times can be drastically reduced, including many useful examples. Reducing setup times is critical in the effort to implement the extraordinarily efficient Toyota Production System.
The text is much clearer than "Kaizen For Quick Changeover" by Sekine and Arai. This book deals with setup time reductions for loosely toleranced components or assemblies, and does not deal specifically with tightly toleranced parts.

Very good book if your interested to reduce setup / changeover times. The book is very easy to read although in some cases it keeps repeating itself. When you think logical you could already figure out 75% on how to improve changeover before reading the book, but for the last 25% this book is an absolute must. A lot of the examples are car manufacturing related, but this I not a problem because the writer tries to give you the tools on how SMED can be reached, regardless which industry you are working in.

I highly recommend this book and it is a must read for all manufacturing personnel in the USA. This book will make you re-think all aspects of fixture design and manufacturing processes. It provides many excellent verbal & illustrated examples of SMED concepts.

if you're reading a review on this book to choose if or not... you're in the wrong side of town!!! this book is simply a MUST-HAVE, a MUST-READ a MUST-KNOW!

Nice book of Shingo. Easy to read with all advice that he could give you to reduce setup time.

I purchased this book back in the 80's and it changed my way of thinking. At the time, I was a supervisor in a forge shop. The lessons that my crew and I were able to apply based on the principles in this book were awesome. We literally shaved hours off our die changes and other improvements. I actually used to hide my book from the other supervisors as I wanted to maintain an "edge" over them and this book was my main weapon.

Filled with great illustrations, the lessons given can be modified for every type of industry. I know because I have used this book in forging, sheet metal, commercial lighting and the food industry. The advice and general mindset is very easy to adapt.

As a corporate director HR I no longer get that involved in production processes. However, I continue to recommend the work of Shigeo Shingo to my associates in production.

I hope you find this review helpful.

Michael L. Gooch, SPHR