Quick changeover (SMED) – Onsite
- Practical onsite workshop
- SMED exercise with device
- Case studies
- Downloadable learning material and data sets
Course project
Downloadable Presentations & Data Files
Certificate of Completion
Interactive Q&A
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. To facilitate learning-by-doing the client organisation will select a suitable SMED project onsite in advance. The Lean Ireland course tutor will be happy to help with SMED project selection and scope. 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. This onsite workshop is facilitated over 2 days.
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 SMED workshop, 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;
- have the ability and confidence to project manage a SMED event, and
- have the ability and confidence to further improve and refine the machine changeover process on an ongoing basis.
What Topics Will Be Covered?
Lean principles & the 7 wastes
Introduction to SMED: Toyota video review & discussion
Practical demonstration of SMED on demonstration machine in classroom
Gemba walk and review of potential SMED application at the machine
Documenting the current state: Process/time chart
Establishing current SMED performance:
- Review of video taken of SMED
- Review of measurements & spaghetti map
Brainstorming of process problems
Analysis potential external activities & internal activities:
- Identifying hazards
- Identifying redundancy
- Identifying complexity
Improving the process
Brainstorming of ideas: review of opportunity for
- error proofing
- tool location
- shadow boards
- personnel readiness
- standardisation
Implementing changes: Practical work in the area
Control: success measurement, SPC, visual management
Introduction to OEE
Closing review with team, action items & responsibilities
Closing Review with managers
How Will You Be Supported?
This course is practical in nature and suitable for a cross functional team of operations managers, engineers, maintenance personnel, quality personnel, team leads, and general production operatives from the area. The participants should ideally be those who run the equipment on a daily basis, and the supporting engineering, maintenance and quality personnel. Minimum to maximum number of participants = 6 to 12
In advance of the workshop the client will:
- identify the machine or suite of machines on which the changeover exercise will take place;
- collect data changeovers in the recent past on the machine (by product type/tool type/shift etc.);
- make a video, if appropriate, of elements of the changeover, and
- select attendees for the workshop.
The Lean Ireland course tutor will be happy to help with SMED project selection and scope.
The course itself is highly interactive and all questions, comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
Following the course, Lean Ireland tutors will be available online, as required, to answer any follow up questions you may have.
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Course ID: S16
Tailor This Course For Your Company
All of our courses are customised to suit our clients’ environments and participant learning needs. We will be delighted to discuss modification of course content and inclusion of relevant case studies with you.
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