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SMED Changeover
Study one changeover of a machine, a packing line or a sorter set-up the way Shigeo Shingo taught it. Time every element with a stopwatch, separate the work that needs the machine stopped from the work that can run while it produces, convert and streamline, and see the changeover time before and after, the Pareto of the stop and what the freed minutes are worth. The new sequence prints as the changeover standard.
The five SMED steps
Space is the lap key. Each lap closes the element under way and starts the next; type its name while it runs or later in the list.
Type or paste elements
Times since the stop as m:ss; a plain number is minutes. With a start and an end the duration follows from them.
Or paste rows from Excel, columns in this order: element, category (1
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