Secrets of Changeover Skillshop
Practical Training for Immediate Changeover Time Reduction
Most changeover improvement programs are top-down: a formal, well-organized initiative that takes months to plan, requires sustained management oversight, and ties up resources long before the first minute of changeover time is actually saved.
The Secrets of Changeover Skillshop is the opposite.
It's a half-day, bottom-up alternative that puts practical, low-cost improvement techniques directly into the hands of the people doing changeover every day — operators, technicians, and supervisors. They learn to spot a pain point mid-changeover, recall a technique from the Skillshop or their copy of the book, and bring it forward through the proper channels for approval. Management's role shrinks to a quick yes or no — freeing them to focus on everything else on their plate.
Who Should Attend
- Operations / Production Supervisors
- Setup & Changeover Technicians
- Maintenance Technicians
- Operators
- Operational Excellence Specialists
- Engineers
- Anyone else interested in improving changeover performance and operational efficiency
Learning Objectives
- Define changeover and changeover time using standardized industrial criteria.
- Understand the financial impact of changeover and other downtime — using the "10W-40" rule: 10 minutes of waste costs 40 hours of lost production per year.
- Learn immediately actionable techniques, many with zero capital cost.
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Make Changeover ESEE
- Eliminate non-value-added tasks
- Simplify essential tasks
- Externalize internal tasks
- Execute precisely
Hands-On with the SMEDulator
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The session concludes with a hands-on changeover exercise using the SMEDulator™ Pre/Post SMED simulator — so attendees leave having already practiced applying what they learned, not just heard about it
Watch the SMEDulator demo HERE
The Details
Presented by John R Henry, known worldwide as The Changeover Wizard. Author of Secrets of Changeover, Achieving Lean Changeover: Putting SMED to Work, Packaging Machinery Handbook, and other books.
Includes a signed copy of Secrets of Changeover for each attendee.
Language: English or Spanish
Location: Your plant or offsite
Looking for something more intensive? Ask about our 2-5 day Achieving Lean Changeover workshop and kaizen event.
Ready to Put Downtime Down for Good?
Not sure where to start? Book a free 20-minute Capacity Discovery Call and we'll figure it out together.
Or call John Henry directly at
John Henry | The Changeover Wizard 📞 1-787-550-9650 ✉️ johnhenry@changeover.com