Presents the 20 Keys system, which brings together 20 of the world's best manufacturing improvement approaches and integrates them into a dynamic system that enables companies to adapt to a continuously changing economic and competitive environment. Continuous near-term (three years) improvements made in the 20 key areas result in a less expensive, faster, safer system for producing a higher quality product. This revised edition, translated from the revised Japanese edition of 1994 (Nikkan Kogyo Shimbunsha), includes new illustrations, explanations, and two new case studies (Morioka Seiko, Japan and Windfall Products, Pennsylvania). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.