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Lean Workplace Series - Setup Reduction

"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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