Instructor Led Toyota Motor Company Training Classes
From Aster Training
Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)



...change over times. Originally devised by Shigeo Shingo of Toyota Motor Company in the early 1950 s, this lean technique can dramatically shorten set-up time from hours to minutes.
Set-Up time is the elapsed time from completion of the last part of the previous job until the first part of the next job is made at normal efficiency.
One of the best visual examples of this technique in action can
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