A possible downside for the factory is that it now has twice the changeovers (See SMED).
These concepts of flexibility and change are principally required to allow production leveling (Heijunka), using tools like SMED, but have their analogues in other processes such as research and development (R&D).
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A non exhaustive list of such tools would include: SMED, Value Stream Mapping, Five S, Kanban (pull systems), poka-yoke (error-proofing), Total Productive Maintenance, elimination of time batching, mixed model processing, Rank Order Clustering, single point scheduling, redesigning working cells, multi-process handling and control charts (for checking mura).
The method spread out under the English denomination Single Minute Exchange of Die, abbreviated as SMED.
Single-Minute Exchange of Die, one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process.
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