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MBB Consulting™ - Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training Near Newark, NJ

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training Near Newark, NJ

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training
Newark is the largest city in New Jersey. SMED training empowers Newark students to decrease changeover-related downtime.
Price $349 / student
Duration 1 day
Format In-person, instructor-led slideshow with exercises and a quiz to test comprehension.
Materials Each student will receive a 3-ring binder containing print-outs of the slideshow. Assuming satisfactory quiz results graded a few days after class, each student will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Class Size4 - 8 students
Start Day
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About Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training


Who is Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training for?

Single Minute Exchange of Dies might sound limited in its scope. However, while the technique was born in sheet metal stamping operations, its lessons have wider appeal. Generally, SMED deals with process changeovers to switch from manufacturing one part design to another. There was a time when massive dies used by automotive manufacturers required days to change. In this extreme example, large downtime cost necessitated improvement giving birth to faster, single-minute, and even one-touch exchange of dies. Since the lessons of faster process change-over can be applied to any process which switches over to run more than one part design, if you have a process like this, then SMED Training is for you. In our course, Newark students learn:

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training Course Overview:

SMED training describes Single Minute Exchange of Dies - how Newark students can increase profit by decreasing process changeover-related downtime. The faster you can set up a new part to be machined, or change over to a completely different part can have big impact on operational efficiency. So, students learn how to study their existing change-over process and speed it up using the 8 traditional techniques:

Segregating external setups from internal.

Converting internal steps to external.

Using standardized function.

Giving preference to clamps over fasteners.

Using intermediate jigs.

Breaking sequential tasks into parallel tasks. SMED is essentially a project management tool in which Gantt Charts can be helpful.

Eliminating the need for adjustments each of which are essentially rework operations.

Evolve towards mechanization.

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Newark

Gateway City

Excellent choice! Emerging from Newark Bay's marshes, Port Newark was born based on leather tanning, jewelry, and shoe manufacturing. The city has always kept a sense of industrial ingenuity expanding into electronics, chemicals, textiles, printing, and machinery.

Newark
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Newark, NJ
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Facility

Newark, Elizabeth, and Springfield Township Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) / Quick Change-Over Training is delivered in our Cranford Business Park facility near the intersection of Garden State Parkway and Raritan Rd.

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Testimonials

Read what our students and clients have to say.

Adam P.
Adam P.
President
Automotive

This was a highly valuable 5S exercise from both a philosophy and tactical point of view. Topics were very relevant and the real world examples were excellent! Thank you. We have much to do and now the road map to do it. I especially appreciate the inspiring message to our employees empowering them to adopt the philosophy.


Nick R.
Nick R.
Equipment Engineer I
Government

Our GD&T training was great. I was constantly learning and engaged in the class.