Objective:

Rapid Changeover, or Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), is a systematic process by which downtime due to die changes is minimized. The intent is to increase the available capacity of capital equipment and promote small batch size production.

Goals of this Program:

At the completion of this training program, the participants will be able to understand the impact of long changeover times on equipment efficiency and productivity. Participants will come to understand the systemic way to analyze, reduce and sustain minimum downtime due to changeovers.

Program Outline:

1. Introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Forms of Waste.
2. The Need for Rapid Changeover
   1. Impact of Changeover time on productivity
   2. Customer requirements
   3. Seven forms of loss
   4. Overall Equipment Effectiveness
   5. Economic Order Quantities
3. Reducing Changeover Times
   1. Benefits of SMED
   2. Four elements of setups
   3. Internal and External Setup
   4. Streamlining Setup Elements
   5. Function Standardization
   6. Parallel Operations
   7. Functional Clamps
4. Prioritizing Action Plans
5. Summary