by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
SensrTrx Alternatives in 2026: A Manufacturer’s Buyer Guide Disclaimer. This article is provided for informational and educational purposes. SensrTrx® is a registered trademark of its respective owner. Information about SensrTrx in this article is drawn...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
SensrTrx vs TeepTrak: OEE Software Comparison for Manufacturers Disclaimer. This article is provided for informational and educational purposes. SensrTrx® is a registered trademark of its respective owner. Information about SensrTrx in this article is drawn...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
Eliminating Micro-Stops: Pareto, Top 3 Root Causes, and Targeted SMED Project Detecting micro-stops is the necessary technical prerequisite for their reduction but not sufficient. Detection only makes visible a problem that already existed, it does not solve it....
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
Detecting Micro-Stops: External Sensors, Thresholds, and False Positives Automatic micro-stop detection is the technical prerequisite for any serious program to reduce invisible production losses. Without exhaustive timestamped capture, no Pareto analysis is credible,...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
Micro-Stops on the Production Line: How to Detect and Eliminate Them Micro-stops are the most invisible and most structurally underestimated loss in any industrial production line. Defined as any machine stoppage under five minutes, typically between fifteen seconds...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
OEE vs TEEP vs OOE: Three Indicators, Three Use Cases, One Underlying Measurement OEE, TEEP, and OOE are three distinct equipment effectiveness indicators that share the same underlying mechanics but use different time-frame denominators. The choice between them is...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
Calculating OEE in Excel: Ready-to-Use Template and 6 Pitfalls to Avoid Excel remains in May 2026 the most widely used tool to calculate OEE in manufacturing worldwide. Not because Excel is the best tool, it clearly is not, but because it is universal, free, and...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
How to Calculate OEE: Formula, Method, and Worked Example Shift by Shift Calculating OEE · Overall Equipment Effectiveness, looks simple on paper and becomes systematically more delicate the moment you do it on a real line. The formula fits on one line. The...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
EU GMP Annex 1 Revised: What It Changes for OEE Measurement on Sterile and Aseptic Lines The revised EU GMP Annex 1, which entered into force on August 25, 2023 with full Contamination Control Strategy implementation expected by August 25, 2024, was the largest single...
by Agathe Lecomte | May 11, 2026 | Industrial Performance
Pharma Data Integrity Applied to OEE: ALCOA+ in Practice Data integrity is the foundation of modern pharmaceutical compliance. The FDA’s enforcement actions over the past decade, the EMA’s reinforcement of expectations in successive guidance documents, and...
