Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a common benchmark, and in many cases, the gold standard for manufacturing productivity. It identifies the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive by measuring availability, performance, and quality.
Are your operations using all available uptime? Are processes running at peak capacity? How much energy is wasted on producing unusable scrap? While OEE isn’t a new concept, it remains a moving target. Manufacturers are increasingly adopting innovative digital solutions to move closer to their ideal OEE goals and beyond.
With smart planning and the right technology—you can unlock a leaner, more agile factory. Build up workforce and machine efficiency by:
What kind of impact can digital solutions really make on your machine efficiency? The following metrics are taken directly from manufacturing customers, reflecting how digital solutions are boosting productivity.
While many manufacturing software vendors can offer OEE solutions, many of them still rely on homegrown OEE solutions or niche OEE tools. Without leveraging current OEE solutions with IoT, they are unable to extend visibility into the process, people, and products that bring value to an organization.
OEE has been a valuable indicator of real-time visibility into shop floor productivity, but it falls short of actually being able to pinpoint the root cause of productivity issues. To create an immediate impact on your plant’s P&L statement, you need to know the high-impact issues to focus on. Go beyond OEE and take your organization’s improvement and performance to the next level.