E. Single Minute Exchange Dies (SMED)
1.Single Minute Exchange Die (SMED) is an approach in
Lean Thinking where setup time and changeover time can
be reduced through a rapid change technique. SMED has
as its objective to accomplish setup time in less than ten
minutes. Although not all setups can be literally reduced to
this time, between one and nine minutes, this is the goal of
the SMED methodology (Shingo, 1985).
2.Dirk Van Goubergen (2000) state that an OEE
calculation can easily show that reducing set-up times also
provides substantial improvement of OEE. Setup reduction
that applied in OEE cans also the waste of the poor quality
products at start-up while the current working standard set-up method is more controlled.