OEE Fundamentals — Evocon

How to Measure Speed Loss – Micro Stops & Slow Speed
12 min read • August 13, 2020
Speed loss in manufacturing has not been getting as much attention as downtime. It is often underestimated in factories and overlooked by management due to…
How to Calculate OEE – Formulas & Examples
4 min read • May 27, 2020
While our OEE calculator helps you estimate your OEE, this article explains in detail how to calculate OEE and it’s components. We will look at…
The Importance of OEE in Manufacturing
6 min read • May 27, 2020
The importance of OEE in manufacturing has steadily increased since its introduction with the TPM movement and its widespread adoption as a lean manufacturing tool.…
How Manufacturing KPIs Work Together with OEE
12 min read • April 22, 2020
At Evocon, we incorporate client feedback into the design and continuous improvement of our product. We also keep an open dialogue with our clients. This…
The Six Big Losses in Manufacturing
12 min read • February 18, 2020
The Six Big Losses framework is a practical way to categorize equipment-related losses in manufacturing. It is a part of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology…
How to Set OEE Targets That Work
14 min read • September 30, 2019
As Peter Drucker famously wrote, “what gets measured, gets managed”. Furthermore, to manage and begin improving manufacturing performance, you need a baseline and an OEE…
We Have Live OEE Data, Now What?
11 min read • August 29, 2019
Your team has successfully navigated the terrain of understanding what OEE is and is getting live OEE data from your machines on the production floor.…
Top 8 OEE Calculation & Monitoring Mistakes
16 min read • August 1, 2019
The benefits of monitoring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) have been known since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) became a manufacturing buzz word in the 1980s. For…
What Is OEE and How Does It Work?
10 min read • May 20, 2019
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is one of the most frequently used terms on the shop floor. On the other hand, it brings questions as well:…
How to Track and Improve Technical Availability?
3 min read • January 17, 2019
Tracking Technical Availability (TA) or sometimes also called “Maintenance Availability” is very useful in the context of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) because it allows you…
How to Define Machine Breakdown Causes?
5 min read • September 10, 2018
To quote Marshall McLuhan, the man who predicted the Internet: “We shape our tools, and afterwards the tools shape us”. When using a system or…
How to Start With Machine Downtime Analysis?
7 min read • September 10, 2018
Before you start with machine downtime analysis, it is important to have a system in place that automatically monitors when your machines are not working.…
Why Machine Downtime Tracking Matters?
5 min read • September 10, 2018
Once you have installed a system that can automatically detect when your machines are down, you have two options. First is to limit the practice…