Chapter 2 Process Set-Up Reduction
It is rare these days that a process makes only one product without any changes. Most lines make a variety of products. This means the lines need to be changed over from one product to another. The time taken to change over a process from one product to another is called the set-up, or process changeover, time. In actual measurement, this is the time from the last saleable piece of one product to the first saleable piece of the product being changed to. [I use the word “saleable” here on purpose. Some people like to state this as the last good piece to the first good piece. They stop recording their set-up time when the first good piece comes off the line and then they stop the ...
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