Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2024

The Impact of SMED on Productivity and Safety

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This article is the result of a case study that arose from the need for a plastic injection moulding company to adapt to an increase in the number of injection moulding machines and moulds. The acquisition of a company and the consequent transfer of its production to a manufacturing unit in Portugal increased the internal diversity of the existing machines and moulds, resulting in a constant need for tool changes, which posed a daily challenge to the operators, both at a technical and safety level. The very high set-up times of the new machines compared to the existing ones and the company's increasing concern about accidents/incidents occurring during this phase of the process led to the need for action to reduce them. SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) was initially applied to two different machine ranges. The application of SMED on both machine ranges allowed the identification of several wastes along the process, which were eliminated or reduced through the application of lean tools such as 5S, Visual Management and Standard Work. After completing SMED, it was possible to verify improvements of 46.10% and 44.19%, respectively, in the set-up time of the two machine ranges. The survey results of the employees involved in mould set-up, which analysed their perception of the impact of each measure, showed a positive impact of all the measures implemented. Overall, 100% of the employees agreed that lean practices positively impacted their perception of safety.
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hal-04958314 , version 1 (20-02-2025)

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José C. Sá, Rita Sales-Contini, Francisco Silva, José Dinis-Carvalho, L. Cardoso, et al.. The Impact of SMED on Productivity and Safety. European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC), Oct 2023, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. pp.257-270, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-63265-5_20⟩. ⟨hal-04958314⟩
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