What is SMED?
SMED, stands for Single-Minute Exchange of Die, is a theory and techniques for performing setup operations in under ten minutes, i.e., in a number of minutes experessed in a single digit. The SMED method was revolutionized by Mr. Shingo since 1950 in Japan. The concept and techniques became available to other countries started around 1974 in West Germany and Switzerland and in 1976 in Europe and United States. However, not until 1980, the SMED technique getting acceptance to companies outside Japan.

Yes, we now have pictures from our trips to two companies.

And the pictures from our presentaion on 05/01/98

Professors and Students Involved (in alphabetical order):

Raffaele Cammino - Graduate Student, Group Leader

Roberto A Cammino - Graduate Student

Thomas Curran - Senior, METM

Nat Gombis - Senior, METM

Kevin Jones - Senior, METM

Serope Kalpakjian - Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Philip Nash - Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department

Lori Thompson - Senior, METM

Helen Treyer - Sophomore, ME

Sharon Quiroz - Assistant Professor, Humanities Department