SMED | Time Studies

It Can Be Difficult
If your application has multiple people, or resources, working in parallel then changing your process to resemble a “Nascar-quick” pit stop may be – well, difficult. TGG uses Morae for time studies and SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) analysis which removes the complexity of having multiple people/resources work in parallel.

Using Morae and TGG’s methodology, a camera can be put on each resource.  For example, if you’ve got (10) critical resources sharing this overall task or change over – then we’ll put a camera on each one.

From there we’ll do an in-depth SMED analysis on each resource and then Morae allows all (10) completed analysis to be imported into one project for comparison.

This feature allows us to see which resource is loaded, what the common improvement types are, and with this data we can even determine how short this task or changeover can become.

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Laser Guided Water Balloons
Wouldn’t it be nice though?

Back to the subject at hand.  When working on a time-study or SMED project the team has to quickly move to identify which opportunities represent the largest improvements.  Using Morae – and the example above – each of the (10) teams using the same codes to identify opportunities.  Using TGG’s methodology we can then get collective agreement on which improvements to pursue.  How?

Well – first of all we’ve got data.  Teams that are analyzing the video simply hit <ctrl><M> and document the opportunity and continue with the analysis.  At the end, we can Pareto all (10) teams findings – and quickly understand where the laser guided balloons should be targeted.

All joking aside – it’s very powerful.  Team learning?  Yes.  Data-centric?  Yes.  Quantitative?  Yes!  Last question – better than traditional spreadsheet-based studies?  Absolutely!

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The Team Does the Analysis – Without an Analyst!
When a team is commissioned to find ‘the best way’ often the result is gridlock.  You’ve been there in those “my way” discussions that can be extremely painful where there isn’t a method to fairly compare & contrast different means.

With Morae the typical analyst position is not needed.  That is, the team doesn’t need a ‘belt’ sitting down at the PC to crunch numbers in a spreadsheet and tell them what the analysis found.

With our new approach the team is finding ‘the best way’ successfully because:

  • Data is easy to get & analyze
  • The team members are using the software themselves – marking the beginning & ending points of tasks.  In addition they are marking down ‘opportunities’ of where the process can be improved
  • Learning – as individuals, and as a group

And what’s best?  This learning & improvement is an iterative process that reflects the scientific method and PDCA.  Learn more by watching our videos or contact us today.