In order to satisfy the customer's needs, it is important to produce a product with value, but it is not important to include features that do not add value to said product. This constitutes waste, and costs time and money. Because many manufacturers are not aware of the exact nature of their productions, finding waste in their operations may require them to delve deep into the manufacturing process. Some waste-causing elements that they may find include delays such as changeovers. Eliminating delays is an important part of eliminating waste, and with a faster production line free of waste, companies will be able to produce the same value-based product faster than ever. The second step of time compression is to reduce set up time. Since set up time is a period of manufacturing where nothing is being produced, it is already weighing...

Lowering set up times can be done relatively easily through scientific methods, even without the help of complex machinery, according to Asian expert Shingo. By observing and reacting to the set up routine, one can quickly come up with a way to reduce the time needed to set up machines.
4. Explain Shingo's five basic setup analysis activities.

Shingo's five basic set up activities include isolating internal and external concerns, as well as running "simultaneous activities" and simplifying the process (51). According to Shingo, time is saved when as many activities as possible can be performed when the machine is running and online. By using technical improvements such as those suggested by Shingo, the set up time, an area of major waste, can be cleaned and used as productive time.