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    SMED in Printing

    Thanks for those initial suggestions ... drawing from your experience what have you seen as the biggest issues during changeovers.? The project i am working on .. one of the longest times is during the changing over from one ink to the other due to the entire cleaning which needs to be done ...
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    SMED in Printing

    Hi Gordo, Yes i did do that but unfortunately wanted information more specifically to the printing industry ( Cartons and leaflets) .. and wanted to see what practical things have been already done to improve SMED. Rgds, Tom
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    SMED in Printing

    Hi, Was looking for help in terms of free resources available around SMED in printing industry...specifically around reducing setup time between different changeovers. Any help would be appreciated. Rgds, Tom
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    Using LEAN at Printing company

    LEAN @ Printing Company LEAN @ Printing Company 1) Thats perfect .. works inline with what i was thinking. I have selected the product with the max volume for the customer in question. 2) When we do a VSM, i was told that the unit being considered should be the same across the stream ..is this...
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    Using LEAN at Printing company

    Hi, I am planning on doing a VSM at our printing company for a specific customer ( we have loads) and am looking at ideas /thoughts on how to go about it. 1) The customer has hundreds of SKU's, is there a better approach to focus on 2 - 3 SKU's ( I used the judgement of most commonly used (...
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