Destroy downtime

Lean manufacturing tools such as kanban, 5S, just-in-time and OEE will make your plant more efficient and are definitely worthwhile. Even a percentage point gain or two efficiency gain will save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in a year.

They are not enough.

Not even perfect efficiency will help you when the line is not running.

The main cause of downtime in most plants is changeover between products. Even small improvements bring big yield big results. Every 10 minutes of daily runtime adds 40 hours of annual capacity.

Smite this downtime with the meanest tool in the lean toolbox: SMED.

SMED smashes downtime time by Eliminating, Simplifying, Externalizing and Executing. Or as John Henry likes to call it: "The ESEE Way"

John Henry wrote the book on putting SMED to work and is world renowned as the Changeover Wizard. His workshops and and other services will launch you on the path to the truly lean factory.

Email him at johnhenry@changeover.com or call 787-550-9650 to learn how.

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