# Prepare the changeover before the scarce resource stops

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## Prepare the changeover before the scarce resource stops

ID: MHC-D-RESEARCH-0177 · Version: 0.1.0 · Kind: protocol
Source: https://vedokrok.com/knowledge/prepare-the-changeover-before-the-scarce-resource-stops

The expensive pause should not begin with looking for the checklist.

### Use when

- A meeting, deployment or equipment transition spends its limited window gathering basics.

### Avoid when

- This is an adaptation of setup-reduction thinking, not machinery instruction or permission to bypass change approval.

### Explanation

Separate preparation from the steps that truly require an interruption. Move only safe, authorized preparation earlier, so the reserved window is ready for the actual transition.

### Steps

1. List the changeover steps. Mark which truly require the resource to be stopped or reserved and which can safely be prepared while it remains available.
2. Prepare and check the eligible inputs first; reserve the interruption for the remaining transition steps, under the normal approval and restart rules.

### Example

A deployment window should not be the first time someone checks access, approved files and the rollback instructions. Preparing them does not mean making unauthorized production changes early.

### Check

Did the change shorten the necessary interruption without moving unsafe work outside control?

### Limits

- This is an adaptation of setup-reduction thinking, not machinery instruction or permission to bypass change approval.

### Evidence and sources

- supports: SMED distinguishes setup that requires stopping the process from preparation that can be completed outside that stop. — lei-smed. Claim basis: professional_convention. Claim limit: Only safe, authorized preparation is moved; the card is not machinery-operation instruction.
Source access: selected_html_passages; accessed on: 2026-09-17; inspected sections: ["Internal and external setup operations"].
Source note: The knowledge-work example does not promise a sub-ten-minute transition or authorize work on running machinery.
Agent scope review, 2026-10-11: LEI SMED distinguishes internal and external setup. The deployment example is an adaptation; ordinary approval, safe preparation and restart controls remain required. (Internal and external setup operations)
- lei-smed: Single Minute Exchange of Die — https://www.lean.org/lexicon-terms/single-minute-exchange-of-die/

Review: agent · Agent editorial and scoped evidence review · 2026-10-11T18:12:50Z
Published: 2026-10-11T18:15:00Z