Name: Pranal R. Patel
Person No.: 50100486
SMED – Single-Minute Exchange of Dies
Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) is one of the numerous lean production methods
for diminishing waste in an manufacturing methodology. It gives a fast and proficient
method for changing over an manufacturing process from running the present item to the
following item. This quick changeover is critical to reducing production lot sizes and
subsequently enhancing flow.
SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Dies) is a framework for drastically reducing the
time it takes accordingly reducing changeover times, much of the time to under 10
minutes. Every element of the changeover is analyzed to check whether it can be
eliminated, moved, improved, or streamlined to complete equipment changeovers. The
substance of the SMED framework is to convert as many changeover steps to "external"
(performed while the equipment is running), and to improve and streamline the remaining
steps. The name Single-Minute Exchange of Dies comes from the objective of reducing
changeover times to the "single" digits (i.e. under 10 minutes).
An effective SMED system will have the accompanying advantages:
1) Lower manufacturing expense (quicker changeovers mean less equipment down
time)
2) Smaller lot sizes (rapid changeovers empower more continuous product change)
3) Improved responsiveness to client request (smaller lot sizes enable more flexible
scheduling)
4) Lower inventory levels (smaller lot sizes bring about lower inventory levels)
5) Smoother startups (standardized changeover procedures enhance consistency and
quality)
In SMED, changeovers are comprised of steps that are termed "elements". There are two
sorts of elements:
1) Internal element (elements that must be finished while the equipment is ceased)
2) External element (elements that can be finished while the equipment is running)
The SMED procedure concentrates on making whatever number of elements to external,
and rearranging and streamlining all elements.
Executing SMED
Before Starting:
When a framework for measuring assembling execution is set up, gather information for
no less than two weeks to pick up an unmistakable picture of where profitable time is
being lost. On the off chance that changeovers speak to a huge rate of lost profitable time
(e.g. no less than 20%) consider continuing with a SMED project. Something else,
consider first concentrating on a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) program.
Steps included in the wake of beginning:
Step One – Identify Pilot Area
Step Two – Identify Elements
Step Three – Separate External Elements
Step Four – Convert Internal Elements to External
Step Five – Streamline Remaining elements
ACCELERATE PROGRESS – FOCUS ON PEOPLE FIRST
At the point when actualizing SMED it is useful to perceive that there are two general
classifications of improvement:
1) Human (accomplished through arrangement and organization)
2) Technical (accomplished through engineering)
Experience has taught that the human components are regularly much faster and less
lavish to enhance than the specialized components. As such, the fast wins are more often
with the human elements. Maintain a strategic distance from the enticement, particularly
with technically proficient groups, to over-focus on technical elements. Rather,
concentrate first on the human elements.
The accompanying diagram delineates this rule, demonstrating example areas of
opportunity for SMED projects.
Key takeaways on Quick changeover kaizen workshop:
1) Team building, Training and Identification
2) Brainstorming, Plan and Implementation
3) Implementation, Measurement and Closing
4) Ensure the outcomes
Advantages of workshop:
Three days workshop results
1. Reduction in lead-time by 66%.
2. Expanded identification of wastes
3. Created enhancing activity and announcing quick activities
4. Return on investment in under three weeks.
5. Prompts learning, collaboration, responsibility and less waste
Utilization of Lean Methodology in Moog Inc.
In-Comm and Moog Inc. are working a great deal closer to one another now that Moog
has signed a £1.5 million training contract with prior. UK aviation manufacturer Moog
has united with a Black Country training specialist to convey one of the greatest training
projects seen in the locale this year.
Moog, which delivers parts for flight control frameworks supplied to Airbus, Boeing and
Lockheed Martin, among others, is working with In-Comm Training and Business
Services to put more than a quarter of its aggregate workforce through expert Business
Improvement Strategies, or BIT courses.
Moog, an I54-based organization, is investing about £1.5m in the training, which will see
130 of its staff from all territories of the business, grow new aptitudes in persistent
change, quality expense, conveyance execution, shop floor productivity and the most
recent lean assembling standards.
The agreement, which will run until 2015, will help the manufacturer enhance the work
process of its assembling cells, accomplish obliged expense downs and free up capacity
so it can go after new contracts in the worldwide aviation market.
Since, individuals are at the heart of the Moog rationality, the organization is investing
intensely in building up the abilities of the workers. The preparation is about ingraining
the right culture in staff and making them consider how their individual roles affect the
business and what they can do, keeping in mind the end goal to have a beneficial
outcome.
Undoubtedly offering these kind of opportunities assists with staff maintenance and the
improvement projects embraced will convey millions pounds of expense savings through
improved workflow and reduced inventory.
The experts from In-Comm will give the on-site training, working with groups of
between 10 and 12 staff on securing either a National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs)
Level 2 or 3 in Business Improvement Techniques, with the likelihood of advancing onto
larger levels of six sigma.
Reference:
http://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/moog-invests-1-5m-in-training-contract/
http://www.leanproduction.com/smed.html
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