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Quick Changeover - The SMED System

In this course, you’ll learn how Quick Changeover, or SMED, can be used to streamline your processes and drastically reduce your machine changeover time. While Quick Changeover can be used in virtually any industry, this course features custom foam fabricator Ram Technologies, which saw a 66% improvement after applying this powerful lean tool!

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The Changeover Before Improvements

Watch Dawn, from Ram Technologies, complete an actual changeover of a press. This changeover will serve as the "before improvement" video for the rest of the course.

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  1. Quick Changeover Overview 11:31
  2. The 8 Steps to Quick Changeover 03:42
  3. How To Use Quick Changeover in Non-Manufacturing Environments 04:48
  4. The Changeover Before Improvements 32:25
  5. Step 1 - Document Reality 08:38
  6. Step 2 - Separate Internal And External Tasks 06:34
  7. Step 3 - Shift Internal to External Activities 08:30
  8. Steps 4 & 5 - Streamline External Tasks and Identify Parallel Tasks 07:06
  9. Step 6 - Streamline Internal Tasks 10:37
  10. Steps 7 & 8 - Practice New and Improved Setup and Document New Standard 07:42
  11. The Changeover After Improvements 11:48
  12. Mike Wroblewski Interview 09:03

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