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Operational Excellence | Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)

32 minutes

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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
     
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