Set-up Reduction: SMED

8 Hours

 

Overview

Reduce process changeover times resulting in greater customer responsiveness.

Who Should Attend:

Maintenance supervisors, operators, technicians, and management will benefit from a thorough understanding and applicaiton of setup reduction principles.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

·define and measure setup.

·define the four stages of SMED.

·identify Internal and External setup.

·apply techniques to convert internal setup to external setup

·identify inexpensive techniques to reduce internal setup time

·describe how SMED relates to Lean Manufacturing, especially small lot production.

 

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Northwestern Michigan College
Training & Research

1701 East Front Street

Traverse City, MI 49686

 

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