Download or read book Kaizen for Quick Changeover written by Keisuke Arai and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changeovers in 3 minutes or less! That is the result of the process described in this book. Picking up where Dr. Shingo's Single Minute Exchange of Die left off, it streamlines the process even further to reduce changeover time and cut staffing requirements in half simultaneously! The book describes how to achieve quick changeover in virtually any type of production environment with: A succinct 8-step process for setup improvement. 9 basic principles for eliminating changeover waste. The book first outlines the tactical principles for improving the three phases of the changeover procedure. Next you'll learn how to improve changeover on a processing line. All of the ideas presented are based on kaizen improvements that require very little, if any, expenditure. Process razing and the implementation of one-piece flow are also examined as means for eliminating wasteful transportation and searching.