SETUP: redução do downtime com aplicação das técnicas "SMED"

Abstract

With the world increasingly globalized and competition between organizations, especially in Brazil one of the intermediate countries, with economic growth, ease of access to credit and large rate of development with this has been receiving large investments to increase manufacturing capacity is I need more than ever the support of production management systems that provide us with a comprehensive view of the process, aiming at product quality and customer flexibility, which are goals of lean manufacturing. The just-in-time management system is defined as a prime example of lean manufacturing thinking, and one of its foundations is the set-up. The reduction of set-up time with application of SMED techniques aims to reduce inventories and eliminate activities that do not add value to the product, through actions that aim to increase the efficiency of processes with the elimination or reduction of bottlenecks and reorganization of activities. The objective of this work is to present the steps necessary for the implementation of the set-up tool with SMED application, to show the case study done at the Usiminas automotive company working in the field of automobile stamping and to relate the impacts resulting from its implementation, which require the breakdown of some organizational paradigms, such as the possibility of reducing production batches and lead-time for delivery of orders. There will also be a management shock, since efficiency in administration, planning of actions and production scheduling will be essential. However, in the long term, the gains from the reduction of set-up time can be confirmed in the company's billing, in its cash flow, in the satisfaction of its employees, customers and certainly in its profitability.