SMET: Streamlined For Success

For those of you who may not have heard the term Single Motion Exchange of Trade (SMET) before, you’ve probably heard of its predecessor: Shingo’s well-known contribution to production theory Single Motion Exchange of Die (SMED).   So, how do these two differ? In...

CFMx: Avoid Last-Minute Mayhem

The following scenario is a familiar one for just about every trade partner who has worked a job in our industry: The schedule dates are compromised because production rates are way out of whack. Several crews have worked ahead in an effort to “save time” and others...