Setup Time Reduction of Machines in Various Manufacturing Industries using SMED Techniques – Case Studies

In this aeon of globalization, manufacturing industries need to be more flexible in production by reducing the batch size. So that any kind of customer demands can be met by the industry. Now most of the industries are not able to attain this flexibility due to the large setup time involved in the process. To overcome this intricacy the lean manufacturing tool Single minute exchange of die (SMED) is applied to the significant machine. So this paper deals with the application of SMED in various manufacturing industries to reduce the setup time. As an upshot the setup time is reduced gradually to a limit.