1. Technique: Single Minute Exchange of Die and One-Touch Exchange of Die
Primary Use: Reduce and eliminate waste in Change Over practices
Metric: Time from Last good piece to first good piece - UOM = minutes or seconds
Additional Metrics: Total annualized time in set-up, throughput losses, material losses,
inventory turns, SWIP and NONSWIP inventory, FG Inventory, total tooling costs, total
available machine time, safety, ergonomics, quality rate, Gross Strokes Per Hour
 TARGET Condition 
To create improved smooth and balanced flow with Manufacturing Flexibility in both
mixed and fixed model production environments > apply 3P thinking
How to perform Generalized:
•Video Tape and perform Direct Observation of Set-up process / Practices
•Gather Data from Observation on Standard Set-Up worksheet (C/O time)
•Watch video with operators > Operators learn more outside of process
•Separate internal from external setup operations
•Convert/Shift internal set-up steps to external
•Simplify Internal>Re-sequence>Standardize function,not shape>Eliminate adjustments
•Simplify External Scale External to Internal > sequence and time
•Use functional clamps / eliminate use of fasteners>Use intermediate jigs
•Adopt parallel operations
S.M.E.D.
By: Todd McCann