Operations / Lean
Changeover / Setup Time
How long a line is switched from making one product to reliably making the next.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
Two forks.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: Shingo SMED methodology · Lean/TPS setup-reduction convention