Title: Execution of single minute exchange of die on corrugation machine in cardboard box manufacturing company: a case study

Authors: Gaurav Garg; Ajay Gupta; Rahul S. Mor; Rajiv Trehan

Addresses: Roto Pumps Ltd, Noida, India ' Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India ' Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India ' Department of Industrial & Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

Abstract: In the present global competitive market, it is most important for industries to work efficiently and adopt contemporary management practices like lean manufacturing, process integration and inter-organisational collaborations in order to meet their corporate goals. In developing countries like India, automation of production processes is under evolution especially for small scale companies. For this kind of industry, it is very important to properly utilise the available resources (machinery, labour, raw material) and eliminating all the non-value-added operations. In this context tools like SMED plays a significant role to facilitate an organisation in becoming more responsive and competitive by reducing setup/changeover time. This paper discusses the implementation of SMED in a corrugated cardboard box manufacturing company. The application of SMED resulted in reduction of 86.6% in setup/changeover time and hence a significant saving in cost. This was achieved with very little investment.

Keywords: single minute exchange of die; SMED; corrugation; setup changeover time; reel; internal and external activity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLER.2016.084580

International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, 2016 Vol.2 No.2, pp.133 - 145

Received: 27 May 2016
Accepted: 06 Dec 2016
Published online: 15 Jun 2017 *

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