SMED

SMED Workshop Overview

SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) is a method for rapidly and efficiently converting a process from running the current product to running the next product. SMED is also often referred to a Quick Changeover. The SMED method can, and often is, used in starting up a process and rapidly getting it to running condition with minimum waste. SMED or Single Minute Exchange of Die is a concept that says all changeovers (and startups) can and should take less than 10 minutes…. hence the phrase Single Minute. Closely associated is an advanced concept of OTED (One-Touch Exchange of Die), which says changeovers can and should take less than 100 seconds. Think of a racecar pit stop and you’ve got the idea with SMED / Quick Changeover! We have worked with a number of companies who have reduced their setups and changeovers from several hours to 30 minutes or less on the first try using SMED / Quick Changeover. It works perfectly!

Learning Objectives

Apply SMED to critical processes in your value streams, so you can reduce batch sizes, reduce work-in-process inventories, achieve shorter lead times, and thereby reduce product costs (bottom-line $) and increase flexibility to meet changing customer demands.

Program Agenda
3 Days - SMED

The workshop consists of learning the SMED concept via a presentation and an active simulation, then applying the 16-step SMED method to your own processes. A key part of this is properly defining setups and changeovers as the time elapsed between the last unit of good product on your current run to the first unit of good product on your next run.

SMED - Day One

• Introduction and getting started


• The 16-step SMED/Quick Changeover Process


• SMED Simulation (Changing a Car Tire)


• Analyzing your current Changeover Process


• Videotaping your current Changeover Process

SMED - Day Two and Three

• Applying the 16-step SMED / Quick Changeover Process to your Value Stream


• Creating your new SMED / Quick Changeover Process


• Getting a baseline for SMED / Quick Changeover in your Value Stream


• SMED / Quick Changeover Checklist


• SMED / Quick Changeover Radar Chart

Summary – at the end of Day Three

• Measuring the Business Impact of SMED / Quick Changeover in your Value Stream


• Quantifying the changes required to incorporate the new SMED / Quick Changeover Process


• Create specific / detailed Kaizens


• Normalize and present out to Senior Mgt for Plan acceptance


• Workshop conclusion

Who Should Attend?

The SMED / Quick Changeover Workshop is for those individuals whose task is to design,
lead, and work in a Value Stream. These could be:

• Operational Leaders


• Value Stream Managers


• Operations Associates


• Maintenance Personnel


• Engineers


• Quality


• Trainers

Prerequisites

Novices to Lean implementation should attend Introduction To Lean first to familiarize themselves with the basic concepts and principles of Lean. We also recommend Enterprise Value Stream Mapping before SMED / Quick Changeover so you’ll know where to apply this important Lean tool and what results are required to meet the customer demand.