Can the internal setup activities into external setup activities.
Your organization should try to convert its internal setup activities into external set activities by
changing work methods.
Adding work AIDS or by purchasing duplicate set of tools or equipment.
I'm sharing some tips and tricks that can enable the conversion of internal setup activities into external
ones.
Heating in stove heating materials before beginning a production process as a part of internal setup
materials can be pre heated outside the setup so that the actual heating activity can be finished in
less time.
This can be done by reheating the material in another vessel during the production of previous batches
instead of stopping the production process to merely heat it.
The same type of reasoning can also be applied to other operations like cooling and mixing of materials
cleaning cleaning activities can also be converted into external setup activities by using two set of
tools and equipment workers can replace contaminated equipment with a clean slate to continue the production
process while the contaminated equipment is cleaned externally.
This will result in increased speed of production process streamlined work simplifying internal activities
and streamlining the work in your organization reduces setup times.
For example a set of tools can be provided to each work center so that workers need not wait for standard
tool required while another processing is going on.
The use of standardized parts also simplifies the processes and reduces setup times.
For example fasteners used in a setup process can be standardized to the same size so that they can
be loosened and read dieting by using a single range.