Set-Up-Time Reduction: Shorter Lead Time, Lower Inventories, On-Time Delivery, The Ability to Change Quickly / Edition 1

by Jerry W. Claunch

Overview

Every company is feeling the pressure to be more responsive to the needs of their customers, to repsond to the increased competition in the global marketplace, and to adjust to ever-shortening product life cycles. Today, the most agile manufacturing organizations are using a reductiion in their set-up times to capture the competitive advantage that increased agility offers. Although many companies have made impressive strides axross the board by implementing a Just-In-Time philosophy and by cutting down their response times, the positive effect reducing set-up time has on every subsequent operation is remarkable. Set-Up Time Reduction is a timely, authoritative, and practical book on how to make the initial steps of the manufacturing process faster, more efficient, and easier on the bottom line. Set-up time reduction program managers and individual team members will find ideas for: Adopting a team approach to reduce set-up times—including concepts for brainstorming solutions. Monitoring safety during implementation. Avoiding the pitfalls of a set-up time reduction program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786308637
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/01/1996
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

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Editorial Reviews

Claunch (president of Claunch & Associates) presents a method for increasing actual manufacturing time and bottom-line profits by reducing production set-up times. The handbook lays out a step-by-step plan to implement a total quality system defined by vision, team work, and problem solving. Claunch demonstrates through various case studies that following this system can lower inventories, and promote on-time delivery and corporate agility. Lacks a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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