Set-up time reduction

Smaller batches, lower stocks and more flexibility for your company demands fast, professional set-up procedures  

Not only do set-up times not contribute to a company’s value creation, they also constitute waste - and waste should be eliminated. Set-up time reduction is a step on the road to continuous improvement in changeover times.   

“Speedier set-ups” increase the availability of machines, but far more important is their role in reducing batch sizes. This means that batch sizes must be adapted after every reduction in set-up time.  

In an ideal world, the changeover from one product to another would happen within minutes (i.e. in under 10 minutes: “single minute exchange of die” (SMED)). 

Advantages gained from reducing set-up times:

• greater flexibility in the use of personnel and machines and thus faster response to production demands
• reduction in batch sizes and work in progress
• avoidance of overproduction
• shorter throughput times