Apply SMED by separating, converting, and streamlining changeover elements.
A stamping press changeover takes 74 minutes, and the team is trying to reduce time by working faster during the stop. SMED reduces changeover by separating internal and external work, converting internal work where possible, and streamlining what remains. The common trap is to pressure the crew to hurry while leaving tool search, paperwork, preheat checks, and missing clamps inside the stopped-time window. Observe elements Video the full changeover and list every task with time: last good A panel to first good B panel. Observation prevents the team from improving the imagined changeover instead of the real one. Separate internal/external…
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