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"A systematic way to reduce or ultimately eliminate the time it takes to setup or changeover for a job."
Key Principles of Setup Reduction:
- Perform setup preparation work in advance of setup execution
- Prepare for flawless execution
- Reduce setup execution through methods improvement
- Divide the work
- Reduce motions
- Prepare operating conditions in advance
- Rethink the methods of fastening
- Eliminate adjustments
- Mechanize and/or automate
- Redesign the process or the product
Benefits of Setup Reduction:
- Improve the productivity of the operation
- Increase production uptime
- Shorten customer response time
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