Why You Need OEE
You wake up to start another normal day only for some reason you don’t feel 100%.
You’re sluggish, slow-to-react and just aren’t operating at peak capacity. You shrug
it off for a few days, sure it will correct itself, but as days turn into weeks,
the problem is getting increasingly worse and it’s now affecting everything you
do. What was it that started you down this path in the first place? If only you
knew.
In your process, as in life, being able to detect problems early prevents a snowball
effect of crises down the line. That’s the beauty of OEE. This advanced application
stays in direct contact with your process and enables you to maintain peak performance
and profits with minimal effort. When you know what’s wrong, you can work to make
it right and it is, after all, the normal, problem-free days that every process
longs for.
Lack of performance means lack of profits – do you have the ability to monitor your
equipment effectiveness?
Machine downtime, lag in performance and compromise in quality are caused by an
underlying problem. OEE enables you to identify “what” is wrong, freeing your operators
to determine “why” for immediate correction and minimal downtime.
Are your machines able to keep up with the pace of your needed volumes for optimum
profits?
By examining the factors of downtime, performance and quality OEE is able to alert
you to incident occurrences. Corrective action can then be taken as soon as possible
to prevent money being spent unnecessarily and restore normal operations.
If you have a slow machine in your line, are you able to quickly and easily isolate
the culprit for an almost immediate fix?
OEE serves as an alarm and incident-tracking module that produces comprehensive
metrics of operating efficiency. It automatically indicates when any standards of
production are not being met for real-time problem solving.