QCO can be termed as rapid &
efficient way of converting a process from running the current product to
running the next product. An organized process continuously reduces the setup
time. QCO stands for Quick change over.
The time from the last good part
till the first good part is produced after the changeover called as QCO time.
QCO can divide in to two
sections.
1. Internal
Setup: Activities that must be performed while the machine is shut down or idle
2. External
Setup: Activities that can be performed while the machine is running or
producing
Most important activity is converting internal activities in to
external activities.
Where does the term QCO came
from?
Land cost in Japan were very high, therefore it was not feasible to store
large inventories of vehicles.
Therefore, they were searching for a solution and because of that QCO
process started by Toyota vehicle manufacturer.
Who invented QCO Process?
Developed by Shigeo Shingo
(In the late 1950’s & early
1960’s chief engineer of Toyota)
Born in 1909 & passed away
on 1990
External consultant for TOYOTA
since 1950’s
Famous with the POKA YOKE &
SMED
How does QCO relate to other
lean tools and concepts?
It really compliments anything
in TPS (Lean Manufacturing). In fact we sort of cringe at the notion of calling
it a tool. Waiting is one of the wastes out of seven wastes and mainly we can
reduce that by using QCO.
Figure 01: Practical Example for QCO
do u hv any presentation slides to shear about this topic ?
ReplyDeleteI live in Madagascar ( East Africa),and life is worth living comfortably for me and my family now and really have never seen goodness shown to me this much in my life as I have been going through a problem as seriously as my son found a terrible accident last two weeks, and the doctors states that he needs to undergo a delicate surgery for him to be able to walk again and I could not pay the bills, then your surgery went to the bank to borrow and reject me saying that I have no credit card, from there i run to my father and he was not able to help, then when I was browsing through yahoo answers and i came across a loan lender Mr, Benjamin Breil Lee, offering loans at affordable interest rate I had no choice but to give it an attempt and surprisingly it was all like a dream, I got a loan of $ 110,000.00 to paid for my son surgery then get myself a comfortable business to help me going as well. I thank God today is good and you can walk and is working and the burden is longer so much on me more and we can feed well and my family is happy today and i said to myself that I will mourn aloud in the world of the wonders of God to me through this God fearing lender Mr Benjamin Breil Lee and I would advise anyone in genuine and serious need of loan to contact this God-fearing man on ...... 247officedept@gmail.com through .. and I want you all to pray for this man for me or Chat with him on whatsapp +1-989-394-3740 as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you