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By
S. Culley
A. Mileham
R. McIntosh
G. Owen, All at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, UK
Description
'Improving Changeover Performance' is essential reading for managers, engineers and improvement practitioners working in manufacturing
industries. It will also prove invaluable to original equipment manufacturers and postgraduates and academic researchers alike.
Increasing
importance is being placed on responsive, flexible manufacture in multi-product industrial environments. The ability to changeover production
facilities both quickly and to a high standard is a key component of just-in-time and lean manufacturing paradigms, which are increasingly
being adopted as businesses strive to compete in today's volatile and congested markets.
Currently industry frequently adopts the SMED
(Single Minute Exchange of Die) system, a well-established shop floor method to improve changeovers. This book takes a major step beyond
the SMED system, by describing in much greater detail than hitherto the potential role of engineering design, of both substantive and
non-substantive nature, to enhance changeovers. It also clearly sets out what better changeover performance can contribute to business
competitiveness, and describes the many pitfalls that an improvement initiative can face.
Audience
Industrial and manufacturing engineers. Postgraduate mechanical and manufacturing engineering students.
Contents
Introduction;
Manufacturing flexibility;
Addressing changeover issues: an overall methodology for changeover improvement;
Financial
benefit analysis;
The role of design;
Shop floor issues: changeover auditing;
Shop floor issues: develop and operational strategy;
set local targets; implement; monitor;
Organisation-led improvement techniques;
Design-led improvement techniques;
Case studies.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 368 pages, publication date: SEP-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5087-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5087-7
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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