Operational Excellence | Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
Video Overview
Operational Excellence | Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
In our Operational Excellence webinar series, OPEX Coach Simon McKee from Invest Northern Ireland, takes you through:
• What is SMED?
• What the benefits are for your business by using SMED
• What is involved in applying each of the SMED steps
Operational Excellence | Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), is a simple but powerful Lean technique for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It’s a systematic approach that enables organisations to dramatically reduce set-up time or change-over time. It provides a rapid and efficient way of changing the machine set-up in a manufacturing process from one product to another.
By the end of this short video, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the concept of SMED
- Describe the process steps for applying SMED