Question: How should set-up time be factored into the OEE calculation? Answer: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a powerful metric used to improve the effective use of resources, by machine.

Few argue about the value of production insights delivered by the well-known OEE calculation. In essence, OEE is a great tool to help understand how well a line is running. This metric can be used to ...

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Can you be a world-class manufacturing operation without a world-class focus on equipment reliability and performance? It hardly seems so, given the wealth of risks that accompanies poor or missed ...