Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on a visual control system for the workplace.

Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on a visual control system for the workplace. Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) is the approach to reduce output and quality losses due to changeovers. The phrase "single minute" means that all changeovers and startups should take less than ten minutes.

Quick Changeover (QCO) eliminates or reduces non-value added activities in the setup and teardown processes of manufacturing, allowing companies to quickly and efficiently change from one product to another.

(1) In the Preliminary Stage, internal and external setup is not differentiated. Internal setup can be performed only when the machine is shut down and includes activities like fixing an attachment to machinery. External setup can be done while the machine is still running. It includes activities such as preparation and transfer of dies.

(3) In Stage 2, internal setup is converted to external setup.