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A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System
Shigeo Shingo
- 01 Jan 1985
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TL;DR: A Revolution in Manufacturing as mentioned in this paper provides a full overview of SMED and provides the most complete and detailed instructions available anywhere for transforming a manufacturing environment in ways that will speed up production.
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Abstract: Written by the industrial engineer who developed SMED (single-minute exchange of die) for Toyota, A Revolution in Manufacturing provides a full overview of this powerful just in time production tool. It offers the most complete and detailed instructions available anywhere for transforming a manufacturing environment in ways that will speed up produ
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Manufacturing conversion cost reduction using quality control tools and digitization of real-time data
TL;DR: This study attempts to illustrate the reduction of the manufacturing conversion cost by prioritizing and analysing the cost factors using DMAIC (define-measure-analyze-improve-control) approach using quality control (QC) tools like Pareto chart, Cause & effect diagram and digitization of real time data.
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Continuous improvement approach: state‐of‐art review and future implications
Jagdeep Singh,Harwinder Singh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the history, evolution and existing research on continuous improvement (CI) and present the overview of various CI implementation practices demonstrated by manufacturing organizations globally.
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SMED: for quick changeovers in foundry SMEs
Bikram Jit Singh,Dinesh Khanduja +1 more
TL;DR: The paper uses a case study in a medium scale piston foundry to generate an integrated set‐up reduction approach, utilizing single minute exchange of die (SMED)‐based industrial engineering tools to achieve faster set‐ups.
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