TEEPTRAK blog articles

The quality of your decisions depends on the quality of your data. An OEE calculated on incorrect information produces false analyses and misdirected actions. Yet many companies work with approximate OEE data without even knowing it. In this article, we identify the most common measurement errors and […]

OEE monitoring frequency directly determines your ability to react to production problems. Monitoring that’s too infrequent lets losses slip through. Monitoring that’s too intensive drowns teams in data. In this article, we analyze the three main approaches: daily reporting, weekly analysis, and real-time management. Each […]

Unsupervised production represents the pinnacle of industrial automation. Machines running at night, on weekends, without human presence. This promise of lights-out manufacturing attracts with its productivity gains. But how do you maintain OEE when no one is there to react to problems? In this article, we explore the specific challenges of performance monitoring in autonomous production […]

Production continuity between teams directly impacts your OEE performance. Poor handovers generate invisible losses: incorrectly configured machines, unresolved issues, lost context. These minutes wasted at each shift change accumulate into hours each month and impact your profitability. In this article, we share best practices for […]

Operational excellence isn’t achieved overnight. Between the plant that’s discovering OEE and the one optimizing it in real time, the journey passes through several maturity stages. Understanding where you stand allows you to define the right priorities and avoid skipping essential steps. In this article, we present the five levels of the […]

How to harmonize OEE measurement across multiple sites to enable reliable comparisons, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement at the enterprise level. Multi plant OEE has become a major strategic challenge for manufacturers operating across multiple locations. The question systematically arises during management committee meetings: “What is the true performance […]

When we talk about OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), we immediately think shop floor: equipment availability, rates, scrap. OEE impacts suppliers and customers far beyond the workshop, yet most manufacturers still treat it as a purely internal performance indicator. Reducing OEE to a number displayed on a production screen ignores that […]

In industries exposed to hazardous environments — chemicals, energy, metallurgy, oil and gas, thermal processes, explosive atmospheres or pressurized installations — operational performance cannot be separated from personnel safety. In these demanding contexts, each production line constitutes a high-risk workplace where the slightest instability […]

The impact of 5S on OEE is a subject underestimated by most manufacturers. 5S is often reduced to a housekeeping approach, a cosmetic exercise that is brought out before an audit or client visit. This is a fundamental misunderstanding. 5S is a direct lever for improving OEE, and factories that understand this […]