Description
Book SynopsisShifting from external to internal set-up steps and optimizing your set-up procedure is only the first step in achieving world-class performance. What's most important is what comes next, cutting down internal set-up times and achieving changeovers that last only a few minutes.
Quick Changeover Concepts Applied: Dramatically Reduce Set-Up Time and Increase Production Flexibility with SMED provides a comprehensive overview of changeovers from a strategic, tactical, and operational perspective. It outlines specific strategies that can help readers shorten internal set-up steps through the physical analysis of machine elements. The method presented is the result of a synthesis of Shigeo Shingo's classic single-minute exchange of die (SMED) methodology with modern engineering techniques.
Providing readers with the understanding required to significantly reduce internal set-up times, the book explains why efficient changeovers are critical to produc
Table of Contents
Production Systems in Dynamic Markets. Set-Up in Production. Systems Thinking. Product Portfolio and Process. Elements of the Set-Up. Analysis of a Set-Up. Function, Process Force, and Interface Analysis. Mechanical Fastening. Positioning, Setting, and Adjustment. Organization. Communication. Financial Aspects. Implementation Examples.
