The ideal goal for OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) in 2020: A continually increasing trend in OEE over time.
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Execution
- Lean
- Lean Metrics
- Lean Thinking
- OEE
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness
The Goal for OEE in 2020
Happy Anniversary
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OEE – Reporting Live Part 1
After learning OEE, the next greatest challenge is reporting it. In this post series, we develop a generic approach to reporting OEE for your company.
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Its not what you know …
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Time Flies When You’re Having Fun
It’s hard to believe that four years have passed since we started blogging here on WordPress! We would like to thank our many subscribers and visitors for your many e-mails and comments, making this a fulfilling learning experience for all of us. This blog was originally founded on the premise that very little information was available on the topic of […]
Game On – Playing it Safe with Lean
Communicating a concept or methodology in a manner that doesn’t offend the current status quo is likely the biggest challenge we face as lean practitioners and consultants. In all too many instances it seems that people are open to change as long as someone else is doing the changing. To diffuse opposition and resistance to change, it is essential that everyone understands […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Eliminate Waste
- Lean Metrics
- Lean Mindset
- Theory of Constraints
- Training
Lean – A Race Against Time
Background If “Time is Money”, is it reasonable for us to consider that “Wasting Time is Wasting Money?” Whether we are discussing customer service, health care, government services, or manufacturing – waste is often identified as one of the top concerns that must be addressed and ultimately eliminated. As is often the case in most organizations, the next step is an attempt to […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Availability
- Performance
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Quality
OEE in an imperfect world
Background: This is a more general presentation of “Variation: OEE’s Silent Partner” published on January 31, 2011. In a perfect world we can produce quality parts at rate, on time, every time. In reality, however, all aspects of our processes are subject to variation that affects each factor of Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Availability, Performance, and Quality. Our ability to effectively […]
Variance – OEE’s Silent Partner (Killer)
I was recently involved in a discussion regarding the value of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Of course, I fully supported OEE and confirmed that it can bring tremendous value to any organization that is prepared to embrace it as a key metric. I also qualified my response by stating that OEE cannot be managed in isolation: OEE and it’s intrinsic […]