Apply SMED steps to reduce stopped equipment time during a recurring changeover.
Reduce a 68-minute tooling change without buying new fixtures. SMED sequence: observe elements, separate internal and external, convert what can move, streamline what must remain. The common trap is to tell the team to move faster while leaving tool search, paperwork, and approvals inside the stop window. Observe elements Record 31 elements from last good part to first good part, including human work and machine waiting. Observation prevents the team from redesigning the imagined changeover instead of the real one. Separate Mark gauges, tooling cart, label rolls, QA forms, and cleaning supplies as external-before candidates. External-before work can be complete…
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