Changeover improvement: Reinterpreting Shingo's "SMED" methodology

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-111

  McIntosh, Richard ^a   Owen, Geraint ^a   Culley, Steve ^a   Mileham, Tony ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changeover setup reduction; Improvement methodology; Manufacturing flexibility; Manufacturing systems; Run up; SMED

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGY; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; SINGLE MINUTE EXCHANGE OF DIE (SMED) METHODOLOGY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947226096     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.889070     Document Type: Article

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