SMED: Increase your production flexibility

SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) is one of the methodologies developed within Lean manufacturing. It focuses on reducing the time needed to reconfigure or replace production equipment. The aim of SMED is to reduce these times as much as possible, thus enabling more flexible production and faster changeovers between different production runs.

Using the hands-on SMED workshop, you will discover hidden potentials in the tooling and alignment conversion process, increase the efficiency of your production processes and minimize downtime.

What's in store for you:

Introduction to SMED, basic principles and benefits, theoretical preparation
Analysis of existing processes, measurement of internal and external times, data collection in production
Evaluation of results, identification of losses and potentials
Design of an optimized solution, proposal of new standards
Testing the new solution

For whom the workshop is intended:

Production Managers
Managers and foremen
Technologists
Process Engineers
Operators, maintainers and adjusters

Scope of the workshop: 2-3 days

Venue: at your site/our partner company

What the workshop will bring to your company:

Learn how to analyse and reduce conversion and adjustment time
You can use the skills you have acquired across the company
Show others that you can work more efficiently and faster
With faster transformations, you will be able to respond more flexibly to customer requirements

If you are interested in implementing the method in your company, please contact us.