QCO & SMED Overview by Gemba Academy

Quick Changeover & SMED are invaluable tools in the pursuit of flow.

Quick Changeover (QCO) can be achieved by the system Shigeo Shingo developed in the late 1950-ies called Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED). Some benefits of QCO are:

• reduced lead times;
• reduced lot sizes;
• on time delivery; and
• reduced inventory

Watch this overview video by the Gemba Academy to find out more about:

• definition of changeover;
• definition of SMED;
• history of SMED; and
• QCO examples.

The video is part of Gemba Academy’s Quick Changeover – The SMED System series.

This post was originally written for The Lean Presentation.