Does your organization focus on results or the means to achieve them? Do you know when you’re having a good day? Are your processes improving? The reality is that too many opportunities are missed by simply focusing on results alone. As we have discussed in many of our posts on problem solving and continuous improvement, the actions you take now […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Availability
- Contingency Planning
- Eliminate Waste
- Lean Metrics
- OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Performance
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Training
OEE: The Means to an End – Differentiation Where It Matters Most
OEE: Planned Downtime and Availability
As a core metric, Overall Equipment Effectiveness or OEE has been adopted by many companies to improve operations and optimize the capacity of existing equipment. Having completed several on site assessments over the past few months we have learned that almost all organizations are measuring performance and quality in real-time, however, the availability component of OEE is still a mystery […]