Application of SMED tool in the process of a company dedicated to the manufacture of electronic instruments in Reynosa Tamaulipas

Abstract

Nowadays, companies constantly receive demands for a wide variety of products from customers, but quantity is no longer the only thing that is taken into account, customers expect high quality, good price and faster delivery. But here the question arises as to how a company can achieve these objectives, it is simple, it is only to think about how to improve its processes and adapt to customer needs. For that there is a method that will help the company to achieve all this without having to spend a lot of resources along the way: the SMED methodology.

The SMED methodology is a technique that focuses on the reduction of batch changeover times, or tool changes. This changeover is defined as the time from when the last good part of a batch is produced until the first good part of the subsequent batch is produced. While it is true that this method is not a guaranteed solution, it does help us to make better decisions in order to increase the company's productivity.