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Changeover time — the gap between the last good part of one run and the first good part of the next — is one of manufacturing's most persistent productivity killers. In most plants, changeovers consume 10-30% of available production time. Worse, most manufacturers don't actually measure changeover time accurately. They estimate. They round up. They accept "about two hours" when the actual time ranges from 45 minutes to four hours depending on the shift, the operator, and the product.