What do production stops really cost you? Key takeawaysThe cost of a stop far exceeds the visible lost machine time.Cumulated micro-stops often cost more than spectacular breakdowns.You only quantify well what you measure to the second.Reducing hidden losses improves...
The 6 big losses: what your manual log doesn’t see Key takeawaysThe six big losses have structured OEE analysis for decades.But the manual log only captures the long, visible losses.Micro-stops and speed losses slip under the radar, even though they weigh the...
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...
