Micro-stops: the invisible killer of your OEE Key takeawaysMicro-stops last seconds but repeat dozens of times per shift.Too short to log, they appear in no manual record.Cumulated, they often represent several OEE points.Only real-time measurement makes them visible,...
OEE, TEEP, availability: which metric should you actually track? Key takeawaysOEE, TEEP and availability measure effectiveness on different time bases – they answer different questions.OEE is the day-to-day driving metric; TEEP frames installed-capacity and...
Buy manufacturing monitoring software when speed, total cost, and reliability matter and monitoring is not your core business; build only when you have a truly unique need no vendor meets and a team to maintain it for the system’s entire life. For most...
You measure automation success against the baseline you captured before go-live, using a tight set of KPIs: OEE and its components, unplanned downtime, MTTR and MTBF, scrap rate, and realised payback versus the business case. Going live is not success – a...
The defining manufacturing automation trends of 2026 are agentic and generative AI on the shop floor, predictive maintenance replacing calendar servicing, real-time OEE and connected-worker tools, cobots, and a hard focus on data integrity. The common thread:...
Industrial automation is the use of control systems, sensors, software and machines to run manufacturing processes with minimal human intervention – aiming for consistent quality, higher output, and lower losses. It ranges from one automated machine to a fully...
