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Computers and software programs have changed the world in many ways. Across the board industries utilize software to calculate profitability, forecast sales, estimate labor requirements and much more. But software can go beyond financial for business and improve core processes.
Advanced Software can make a business more efficient by increasing output while decreasing scrap. This may sound like an easy task, but increasing efficiency without sacrificing quality and safety is extremely difficult to do without the right system. OEE is a new type of software system created to accomplish this task.
OEE or Overall Equipment Effectiveness calculates manufacturing performance as a percentage. It combines production speed, unplanned downtime, and good pieces produced. By monitoring and reporting on these issues, decision makers can understand where the root causes of their top problems originate. The next step is to develop corrective action plans and implement procedures to follow through with them. Once correctives actions take place, charts and other reports can be reviewed to determine the impact of the action plan. If the same problem persists, other ideas are generated, if the original problem is solver, but another problem arises, a new process to determine the root cause begins.
An OEE system can be generic for some manufacturers without cause problems, but due to the nature of manufacturing, many companies prefer to have a configurable system. Tailored OEE systems are less expensive than custom systems but provide the flexibility that most shop floors require. A higher implementation success rate gives this type of software a substantial advantage over it’s competition.
If you’re looking for information on the OEE calculation you might want to check out the Tuppas Blog. Tuppas creates browser based OEE applications for manufacturing. This is a link at the Tuppas site that explores the OEE calculation as well as a description of the data collection used for OEE.
The article also contains information on leveraging the data collected for other purposes.
OEE is a calculated performance measurement that contains defect tracking, production performance and machine availability or “uptime”. OEE is a really nice way to study the performance of a given work area, department or plant. Most OEE solutions incorporate cycle time based standards as well as a collection of entry screens for input of production, downtime and defect tracking.
There are several really good OEE solutions emerging on the market. We believe that an agile OEE capability provides manufacturing companies with the best performance reporting solution. An agile solution is simply a highly configurable solution. Shop floor reporting can be so different from one organization to the next that an agile software vendor is almost a necessity on the shop floor.
One of the leading OEE vendors is Tuppas Software Corporation. Tuppas offers a browser based collection of OEE tools designed to collect shop floor data and report it’s results. Tuppas has implemented production reporting systems for companies like Coka-Cola, Honda and Detroit Diesel. The company is very good at created tailored approaches through the use of an adaptive toolkit that allows the company to created highly tailored interfaces in a short amount of time.
One of the nice benefits of working with an agile vendor is that they will be able to look at your business and your current performance reporting and incorporate your culture into the system. This can be a real plus if you have an established culture that relies on the production information being in a traditional form as well as the added benefit that OEE measurements can add.
The Tuppas Blog offers a nice article on OEE Calculations that you might want to check out if you're looking for more info. It explains the calculation and reviews different ways to assemble the data.
Defect Tracking SolutionsThe defect tracking solutions site contains information on defect tracking and pareto driven reporting systems. The site also contains info on KPI reporting systems and OEE reporting software.
Defect Tracking Software ReviewThis is a nice site on shop floor defect tracking. The site covers defect tracking, quality management and defect reporting. If you're interested in upgrading your quality systems this site is worth a look.