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When does improving OEE become a waste?
OEE, overall equipment effectiveness, remains one of my favorite key performance indicators and is commonly used throughout manufacturing...
Aug 13, 20233 min read
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Which asset management metrics should you start with?
You just left college life and joined your first maintenance and reliability team. With eyes as wide as saucers on day one, you quickly...
Apr 16, 20236 min read
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"Profit protection" has a good ring about it.
I have heard the argument for years, that connecting an EBIT improvement with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement is...
May 30, 20223 min read
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Increasing speed starts with understanding your losses.
Imagine watching an 800-meter race. The athletes start at the sound of the gun. They ramp up in speed hitting their targetted speed on...
Mar 27, 20223 min read
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Did we get a good deal trading production time for scheduled maintenance?
Regardless of whether you have production units that are reliable or unreliable, I would like to propose a different type of performance...
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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Don't Get an Immediate Consensus on Where OEE Delays Get Bucketed. Save That For Later.
Are you interested in starting to measure effectiveness with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) on a production unit? To start, I...
Feb 6, 20223 min read
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Utilize Metaphors When Training OEE One Snatch at a Time.
I have measured and trained Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for decades, routinely using different concepts to construct its...
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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Quality Initiatives in Manufacturing: How Do We Handle Incoming Quality Losses Impacting OEE
Quality Initiatives in Manufacturing: How Do We Handle Incoming Quality Losses Impacting OEE As organizations embark on Overall Equipment...
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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