What exactly is meant by the term Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)?

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5S is often referred to as “visual control.” Explain why this is so.
[5 marks]

(c) There is a “hidden agenda” behind most companies 5S implementations.
What is this “hidden agenda”? Hence explain why 5S is usually one of the first improvement activities a company undertakes. [10 marks]

Q3. (a) List the 7 classical Wastes and give an example of each of them
[7 marks]

(b) Which waste is considered to be the most dangerous? Describe this waste and the problems it causes. [7 marks]

(c) TOYOTA defines waste as:
Anything other than the minimum amount of equipment, materials, parts and working time absolutely essential to production.
Critically analyse this statement, drawing attention to its strengths and weaknesses as a definition of waste for a manufacturing company. [12 marks]

Q2. (a) i) What is meant by the term “PVR”?
What does PVR aim to achieve?
What are the 5 steps of a typical PVR project? [10 marks]

Q2. (a) What does each “S” in the 5S system stand for? Give a brief summary of the meaning of each “S” [10 marks]

Q4) (a) what is meant by the abbreviation “FMEA”? And why is there a need for it to be used by companies? [6 marks]

Q4) (a) What, exactly, is meant by the term Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)?
[4 marks]

(b) Another popular name for SMED is QCO. What is meant by the term “QCO”?
[3 marks]

(c) Describe a 4 step procedure that could help a process or company achieve
[8 marks]

(d) Give five examples (include simple diagrams) of some typical tooling arrangements used in the 4th step.
[10 marks]