Publisher's Foreword1. Editor's Introduction: Shigeo Shingo's Contributions to Manufacturing2. Author's Introduction: Fundamental Flaws in European and American Production PhilosophiesSECTION ONE: ImprovementIntroduction3. Basic Concepts for Improving Production System4. Stage One: Problem Identification5. Stage Two: Basic Approaches to Improvement(I) Understand the Status Quo6. Basic Approaches to Improvement(II) The Pursuit of Goals7. Basic Approaches to Improvement(III) Better Means8. Stage Three: Making Plans for Improvement9. Stage Four: Translating Improvement Plans into Reality10. Understanding and Conviction11. The Force of HabitSECTION TWO: Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke SystemIntroduction12. Inspections13. Approaching the Zero QC Method14. More on Inspection Systems15. Using Poka-Yoke SystemsSECTION THREE: A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED SystemIntroduction16. Introduction to SMED17. Setup Operations in the Past18. Fundamentals of SMED19. Techniques for Applying SMED20. Applying SMED to Internal Operations21. Basic Examples of SMED22. Effects of SMEDAbout the AuthorIndex