SMED Quick Changeover - Essence of SMED - Simple Classroom Demo

SMED - Quick Changeover or QCO. Setup Time Reduction. LEAN SMED. The Essence of SMED or Set up Time Reduction is brought out by a simple classroom demonstration using example from everyday life. We find that such simple examples enable people from all backgrounds to capture the essence of concepts and techniques. SMED is a powerful tool to go LEAN OR Agile. Lean Manufacturing relies on SMED to enable increase in variety without increasing costs.
Aishwarya Bote, Shruti Jindal, Dr S Gondhalekar, with camera by Akash Tiwari and editing by Tanvi Thakkar,. provide a neat demonstration using simple everyday life examples. SMED is really a 'way of thinking', which can greatly enhance effectiveness when applied in any area of life. It is easy to implement and doesn't need financial investment. The genius behind the creation of SMED was Shigeo Shingo. This technique transforms the capability of an equipment to enable high variety production while lowering costs simultaneously. You can see the effect of SMED on lowering EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) and therefore the costs. Seeing this video in conjunction with the video on EOQ made by the same team will be beneficial.
This video was made by Aishwarya Bote and Shruti jindal and published on 10 April 2018 in
loving memory of Dr Ms Vasundhara Gondhalekar by all the contributors.