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History
from SMED Presentation
The concept arose in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when Shigeo Shingo, was consulting to a variety of companies including Toyota, and was contemplating their inability to eliminate bottlenecks at car body-moulding presses.
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• 1950-Forms first stage of SMED : Involves splitting a setup operation into internal and external set ups
• 1956-58—Worked for Mitsubishi Ship buildings
• Invents a new system for hull assembly of 65,000 ton supertanker
• Cut time from four months down to three and than two months
• 1970-Originated SMED system at Toyota
• Wrote more than 14 books
• Including Toyota Production System
