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IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE MINUTE EXCHANGE OF DIE (SMED) IN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE (Pages : 79 - 82)

This work has been conducted with a view to bring out the best possible optimization regarding changeover time. Considering the budget constraint of the selected company, the target of this project was settled as to reduce the total changeover time as much as we can. The facets which have been taken under consideration are mostly quantitative; qualitative improvement of the changeover process is also done to some extent. So this report is rather a case study on implementation of SMED in a plastic industry where injection molding machines are used largely. The total process of the study intended to eliminate changeovers; in case of failure to eliminate changeover the target was reducing the necessary time to a minimal level. It is usual that people are found resistive to change. As the company has not practiced any form of lean management before, the first task was to change their mental set up about lean and SMED. So it was tough to make any drastic change. After recording the traditional changeover practice of the workers and analyzing the changeover process in a brainstorming session, the recommendations were made. The result is reduction of 50% time in changeover. Furthermore as there was a huge scope of improvement in the selected factory like some 5S as well as visual management related tasks are also performed. Download