What is a Quick Changeover?   A Quick Changeover is a improvement process using the SMED concept for reducing equipment downtime. The definition of a changeover is the time between the last good part of the current run until the first good part off the next run. The time taken to set up a process is non-productive and therefore, non value added from a customers perspective. It takes longer to manufacture components because orders have to wait until the equipment can produce a good part before an order can be started and the work completed. Lead time increases because of long changeover times. What are the steps in a Quick Changeover? There are four steps to implementing SMED: 1. Document and record a changeover to identify the activities 2. Separate activities into internal and external elements 3. Convert internal into external elements 4. Streamline all aspects of the changeover process What affect will implementing SMED have on production? Long changeover times force a business to manufacture large batches being product to compensate for the downtime. Implementing quick changeovers using SMED will reduce the amount of time to set up a machine. This will reduce lead time and increase production hours.  Quick Changeovers Reduce changeover times to increase flexibility. © Radical Transformation 2010 www.radical-transformation.com Lean Mfg. Coach (541) 210-5116 Lean Manufacturing Training  Lean Healthcare Training Lean Office Training © 2011 Radical Transformation LLC All Rights Reserved Lean Principles Strategy Deployment Value Stream Mapping Workplace Organization Process Flow Quick Changeover Pull System Balanced Workload Standard Work Kaizen Lean Supply Chain