OEE and metrics
Calculate OEE, availability, performance and quality, and choose the shop-floor numbers worth tracking.
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OEE and metrics
Manufacturing KPIs with formulas and worked examples
21 production KPIs, each with one formula, one unit and a worked example from the same lathe shift, plus the denominator traps that make two reports disagree.
Data Analytics Team ·
OEE and metrics
Manual vs automatic OEE tracking in the first week
Machine-reported stops move lost minutes from performance into availability. OEE itself moves only if part counts, ideal cycle times or planned time were off.
Mahmoud Parto ·
OEE and metrics
Which OEE factor is costing you the most time?
Compare availability, performance and quality in lost minutes, check the inputs behind each factor, then weigh each loss by its cost to see where to look first.
Data Analytics Team ·
OEE and metrics
How to set ideal cycle time, and what it does to OEE
The ideal cycle time sets OEE performance and the shift goal. Learn who should own it, how to time it, and what a 10% error does to every number built on it.
Data Analytics Team ·
OEE and metrics
How to calculate OEE from one shift’s numbers
OEE is availability × performance × quality. Work one shift through by hand, check the result in lost minutes and avoid the mistakes that skew the number.
Data Analytics Team ·
OEE and metrics
OEE monitoring tools for manufacturing, compared
OEE monitoring tools differ in where their data comes from: an operator, a wired signal, a sensor, the controller or an MES. Compare five types and pick one.
Data Analytics Team ·
OEE and metrics
What is OEE?
OEE measures how much planned production time becomes good parts made at full speed. Learn the three factors, the formula, one worked shift and what it hides.
Data Analytics Team ·