What is Setup Reduction?

The process of reducing the time needed to change a process over from one model to another, from the last piece of the previous product to the first good piece of the next…

Meaning and application in management

The process of reducing the time needed to change a process over from one model to another, from the last piece of the previous product to the first good piece of the next product. See: Changeover, Single-Minute Exchange of Die (SMED).

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