TL;DR — OEE software ROI in 60 words Typical OEE software ROI: 3-12 month payback. Formula: Capacity Recovery Value = OEE point gain × (annual production hours × line rate × margin). +5 OEE points on a $20M plant = $175-500K/year recovered capacity. Proven: Hutchinson...
TL;DR — Open-source OEE: real cost vs perception Open-source OEE stacks (Grafana+InfluxDB, Ignition, OpenMES) are free to license but expensive to operate: 2-4 FTE developers, no edge sensor, no standardized OEE methodology, 3-6 month build time. 5-year TCO: $180-500K...
