Quick changeover (SMED) – Online
- Case studies
- Ongoing tutor support
- Downloadable training files and data sets
- Onsite SMED project work
Live Online Interactive Video Tutorials
Downloadable Presentations & Data Files
Course project
Certificate of Completion
What is this course about?
Developed by Shigeo Shingo, consultant with the Toyota Motor Company, SMED (single minute exchange of dies aka quick changeover) is a method for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. SMED provides guidelines for reducing the time to tear down and set up a machine, necessary steps to convert from manufacturing the current product to running the next product. SMED is also used for shortening clean down and line clearance times. SMED or quick changeover is key to increasing available production time, reducing production lot sizes and thereby improving flow.
The course enables you to identify and implement improvements to the set-up/changeover process on a machine. Participants will learn how through run a full SMED exercise using appropriate lean tools such as video, process mapping, spaghetti mapping, error proofing and standard work. The course is facilitated over five online live webinars, and involves interactive exercises, quizzes and assignments. Ideally, you will commence a SMED exercise on site at the start of the course, and report on SMED success as an assignment following course completion.
This online course is facilitated over 3 webinars, each of 4 hours duration. To facilitate learning-by-doing on a live SMED project onsite, the modules are typically scheduled one to 4 weeks apart. Your knowledge builds in a step-wise fashion and you will be supported and encouraged throughout your learning journey.
All Lean Ireland tutors are certified lean six sigma black belts with several years’ experience in facilitating lean six sigma implementation in a wide variety of sectors.
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Lean Ireland courses are offered on an in-company basis only i.e. all candidates are from the one organisation. Course content is customised to meet the organisation’s need, at no extra cost.
What Will You Achieve?
At the end of this series of online workshops, you will:
- understand the definition of changeover time and how it is measured;
- know how to use a range of lean tools to reduce changeover time;
- know how to establish a robust and standard set-up and changeover process on a specific machine, and
- have the ability and confidence to further improve and refine the machine changeover process on an ongoing basis.
What Topics Will Be Covered?
Introductions, Lean principles and the 7 wastes
Introduction to SMED, video review & discussion, external and internal activities
Gemba walk and review of potential SMED application at the machine
Documenting the current state: video, process map & spaghetti map
Establishing current SMED performance:
- Review of video taken of SMED pre course start
- Review of measurements
- Time chart
Brainstorming of process problems
- Time stealers during set up
- Time stealers during clean down
Production stops
Review of progress with practical SMED project
Categorizing external & internal activities:
- Identifying hazards
- Identifying redundancy
Identifying complexity Improving the process & brainstorming of ideas
- Error proofing
- Tool location
- Shadow boards
Standardization
Review of progress with practical SMED project
Control plan:
- SPC charts & visual controls
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
Success:
- Closing review with team, action items & responsibilities
- Closing review with managers
- Celebrating success
- Deploying the methodology
- Establishing a successful SMED programme
How Will You Be Supported?
Before the course starts, you will select a SMED project on which to work during the course. The course tutor will be happy to help with project selection and scope. In addition to the contact hours on webinars, you will work in a team on the small-scope project. Project mentoring is provided by the tutor. The webinars are hosted on the secure Lean Ireland learning platform.
During this online course, you will
- be able to listen to and interact with the online course tutor and other participants;
- be able to ask questions and complete online quizzes to self-assess your understanding of the topic;
- be able to download all online lean course recorded webinars for your own future use, and
- be able to download soft copy presentation files, with data sets and case studies, for your own future use.
Total contact hours = 12 hours for all 3 webinars. In addition to the contact hours on webinars, participants will be required to work on assignments between modules. On completion, you will receive a Lean Ireland certificate of completion.
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Course ID: S16
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