Blog Manufacturing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 
MRPEasy
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Overall Equipment Effectiveness or OEE is a KPI that measures how effectively machines and equipment in a manufacturing facility are operating. Tracking the OEE allows for the identification of potential issues that may be impacting production efficiency.
ATS
JUNE 5, 2025
Share In the realm of manufacturing, idle time refers to any period when resources — whether machines, employees, or production lines — are available but not actively engaged in value-adding tasks. What is idle time in a manufacturing environment? Refine processes : Apply lean manufacturing techniques to eliminate waste.
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ATS
MAY 14, 2025
Share Uneven customer demand creates significant challenges for manufacturers: increased overtime, excess inventory, and wasted labor, among other obstacles. Instead, production leveling or Heijunka offers a proactive solution rooted in Lean manufacturing. IIoT sensors track equipment health, changeover times, and throughput.
ATS
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Share Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a practical and effective means of raising Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). This blog introduces TPM and describes the 8 principles or pillars on which it operates. TPM is a proactive maintenance methodology that’s complementary to Lean manufacturing.
ATS
MARCH 25, 2025
While the primary goal in maintenance strategy is to keep machines running, it also impacts larger corporate objectives such as lean manufacturing initiatives or overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This starts with strategic alignment. For example, lean processes focus on reducing waste.
ATS
MARCH 5, 2024
The purpose of this blog is to let the maintenance department know how they can influence FPY and why they should seek out opportunities to do that. In OEE quality performance is expressed in time whereas the FPY calculation uses number of units, but given a fixed part production rate, these two are interchangeable.
Factory Worx
MAY 19, 2022
Read Our Blog. How does OEE Help in the Food Manufacturing Industry? Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the go-to metric for food manufacturing facilities to recognise losses and benchmarking advancement toward improving throughput performance. Why OEE Is Critical for Food Industry.
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