Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
Reduce the time needed to change from one job to the next, transforming machine changeover time to expanded productive manufacturing capacity.
Our Job Changeover Optimization workshop will eliminate a significant amount of wasted time during job set-up and increase the overall amount of production capacity at your plant. This workshop can be a valuable activity to address a wide range of manufacturing challenges and launch or recharge your plant’s Lean Manufacturing journey to save time and money.
Making SMED work for your organization.
Through training, facilitation and action planning, our Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) workshop engages a cross-functional team in analysis and improvement of a given changeover process.
They will identify where time can be saved by streamlining activites, pre-staging tools and material, and eliminating wasteful motion and delays. Best practices for trianing adult-learners are applied.
The Luminous Group’s SMED workshop helps clients’ teams streamline and standardize set-up processes, aiming to reduce set-up time to under 10 minutes (hence, single-digit minutes).
We typically reduce set-up time by 35% to 55%. We ensure best practices are incorporated every step of the way.
Training aspects include:
- Lean manufacturing and 5S workplace organization
- Value streams understood via a Lego robot building exercise
- Identification of wastes and opportunities for improvement
- Development and assignment of action items (short-term and long-term)
- Report out to leadership
Get started improving your Manufacturing output today.
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“Several of our press lines have significantly reduced job changeover times – by as much as 40%.
Everyone participating in your SMED workshops found it incredibly valuable to bring cross-functional teams together for collaborative problem-solving with focused attention to remove waste.”
Director, Continuous Improvement
Metal Stamping Supplier