THE ATTEMPT TO REDUCE CHANGEOVER TIME USING THE SMED METHOD IN THE PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE X

Nowadays, with global free market economy, which is characterized by strong competition and variability occurring in macroand microenvironments, enterprises implement tools and methods that allow for collecting current and reliable data (qualitative and quantitative) concerning various parts of its functioning and, with adequate processing and presentation, indicate the areas for process improvement and waste reduction, leading to the improvement in the rate of return. One of the methods to ensure a more efficient manufacturing is SMED. With adequate implementation of the stages of this method, changeover time is minimized, thus reducing costs of production. This study presents an attempt to implement the SMED method in a selected area of production in the enterprise X.