This book illustrates how the strategic placement of 'error-proofing' devices, which is refered in this book as Success Every Time (SET), drives up industries' profits and throughput. It highlights the deficiencies of Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and compares the strategy to the SET.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH SUCCESS EVERY TIME -- 1 FMEA, Poke-Yoke, Mistake-Proofing, and Error-Proofing: Sorting Out the Terminology -- 2 Success Every Time and Quality Improvement -- PART 2 THE CRITICAL PHASES OF SUCCESS EVERY TIME --3 Strategic Monitoring of the Critical Elements -- 4 Phase I of the Success Every Time Method: Part Level -- 5 Phase II of the Success Every Time Method: Set-up L evel. -- 6 Phase III of the Success Every Time Method: Parameter Level -- PART 3 PERFECTING AND MONITORING YOUR ERROR-PROOFING DEVICES -- 7 Designing Parts That Are Device Compatible -- 8 Investing in Your D evices -- 9 Creating Great Devices, Placing Them, and Verifying Their Success -- PART 4 SUCCESS EVERY TIME AS A CORPORATE-WIDE STRATEGY -- 10 The Strategy Behind Success Every Time -- 11 Putting It All Together -- Selected Readings -- About the Author -- Index.