OEE fundamentals

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is one of the most popular metrics in manufacturing. It offers a straightforward formula to assess how well your manufacturing process is performing. But here’s the…

Machine utilization is a crucial performance indicator in manufacturing. This indicator is a ratio that measures the effective active time of a machine compared to the amount of time it…

We often hear about “world-class OEE” and how it’s something that every manufacturing organization should aim for. But the reality is that many companies would be better off focusing on…

In this article, we will explain what manufacturing cycle time is, how it differs from takt time and lead time, and how to calculate all three. We will round-up with…

In the modern manufacturing industry, achieving maximum efficiency and productivity is crucial. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is an essential metric that helps organizations understand and improve the performance of their…

Manufacturing companies have two options when it comes to monitoring OEE – a fully automated approach or one where operators manually add reasons for downtime into the system. While some…

When aiming for higher efficiency in your production processes, you need to utilize a critical metric: machine availability. In this article, we take a closer look at the importance of machine…

In the manufacturing landscape, achieving optimal efficiency through digitalization is paramount. The Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) system has become a vital tool for manufacturers in this pursuit. However, the effectiveness…

Efficient manufacturing operations are central to a successful production company, and downtime is the sworn enemy. In manufacturing, downtime can be broadly categorized into two types: Planned Downtime and Unplanned…

Companies often underestimate the cost and amount of downtime they experience, even though it greatly impacts the capacity of an entire shop floor. The accuracy of this estimation, of course,…

The complexity of a busy factory shop floor is rather fascinating. It is a system of multiple moving parts, both human and machine, that is expected to turn material into…

We have already explained what is speed loss and how to measure it. In this article, we take a closer look at how manufacturers reduce speed loss to increase their…

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 its hidden and complicated nature….

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. Today, OEE is the gold…

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 and is aligned with OEE….

The benefits of monitoring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) have been known since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) became a manufacturing buzz word in the 1980s. In that time, organizations have found…

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 to assess how well your…

To quote Marshall McLuhan, the man who predicted the Internet: “We shape our tools, and afterwards the tools shape us”. When using a downtime tracking system to monitor machine downtime,…