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Two engineers discussing how to improve changeover time

How To Reduce Changeover Times In Your Manufacturing Process

Industry 4.0, Lean manufacturing /

Every manufacturing process has periods where equipment is unavailable due to tooling changes, material changes, part changes, program changes, or any other changes to production that must be performed while the machine is stopped. Collectively, these events are referred to as “changeover times,” or alternately as “setup,” “make ready,” or “planned downtime”. Strictly speaking, this […]

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Why Write Work Instructions And Why Are They Important

Lean manufacturing, Training, work instructions /

Customer-specific products are booming, wich means that batch sizes are getting smaller and smaller. As a result, the variation and combination of different tasks to be performed at a workplace and by an employee are also increasing sharply. An employee has to master an almost infinite number of processes. In order not to be overtaxed

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Work Instructions For Preventive Maintenance

Knowledge management, Lean manufacturing, Maintenance, work instructions /

A large part of keeping a company running efficiently and profitably is ensuring that all equipment is functioning optimally. Routine preventive maintenance needs to be conducted. Unfortunately, regular equipment checks often go overlooked in certain areas of a company’s operations mainly because attention is usually directed toward more pressing issues. However, when small tasks go

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