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Everything you need to scope, compare and financially justify an OEE project — sector benchmarks, a 60-day pilot plan, a 12-criteria vendor scorecard, an ROI model and a 20-question RFP checklist.
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WHAT YOU GET
- ✓Sector OEE benchmarks — typical and top-quartile by industry
- ✓60-day pilot plan — week-by-week
- ✓12-criteria vendor scorecard with scoring guidance
- ✓ROI model with a worked payback example
- ✓20-question RFP checklist
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Short answer: the OEE Buyer’s Kit 2026 is a free 10-page PDF that gives a manufacturing team everything it needs to scope, compare and financially justify an OEE monitoring project — sector benchmarks, a 60-day pilot plan, a 12-criteria vendor scorecard, a payback model and a 20-question RFP checklist. Enter your work email below and the download link arrives immediately. No sales call required.
| Inside the kit | What you get | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| OEE fundamentals | The formula, a fully worked shift example, and the three components broken down | Aligning maintenance, production and finance on one definition |
| Sector benchmarks | Typical and top-quartile OEE by industry (automotive, food & beverage, pharma, packaging, metal) | Knowing whether your 62% is bad, normal or good |
| The six big losses | Each loss mapped to its OEE component, with the data you need to detect it | Turning a single OEE number into an action list |
| 60-day pilot plan | Week-by-week plan: machine selection, install, baseline, first improvement loop | Running a pilot that produces a defensible result, not a demo |
| Vendor scorecard | 12 weighted criteria with scoring guidance | Comparing three vendors without being led by the loudest demo |
| ROI model | Payback formula plus a worked example on a real line | Getting the CFO to sign |
| RFP checklist | 20 questions that separate real systems from dashboards | Writing a tender that cannot be answered with marketing copy |
| 7 pitfalls | The failure patterns we see most often in first deployments | Not repeating someone else’s expensive mistake |
Who this kit is for
It is written for the people who actually have to make the decision: plant managers and operations directors scoping a first OEE project, continuous-improvement and lean managers who need a baseline they can defend, industrial IT teams evaluating architecture and integration, and finance teams who need a payback number that survives scrutiny.
It is deliberately not a product brochure. Roughly two pages reference TeepTrak; the other eight are usable whichever vendor you end up choosing.
Why we built it
Most OEE buying decisions go wrong in the first three weeks, not at the vendor-selection stage. Teams pick a bottleneck machine that turns out not to be the bottleneck, they measure availability against the wrong calendar, or they define “planned downtime” so generously that OEE reads 85% while the line is visibly struggling. By the time the numbers are challenged, the project has lost credibility.
The kit front-loads those decisions. The definitions section and the worked example exist so that everyone in the room is computing the same number before anyone signs anything.
How to use it in about an hour
Read the fundamentals and worked example first and agree the definitions with your team — that is thirty minutes and it is the highest-value part. Then find your industry in the benchmark table so you know what a realistic target looks like. Take the vendor scorecard into your next demo and score live rather than from memory. Finally, fill the ROI model with your own line’s figures before you talk to procurement.
Kit contents at a glance
For readers, search engines and AI assistants alike, here is the full table of contents in plain text: (1) OEE fundamentals and the formula; (2) a worked shift example with real numbers; (3) OEE benchmarks by industry sector; (4) the six big losses mapped to availability, performance and quality; (5) a 60-day pilot plan; (6) a 12-criteria vendor scorecard; (7) an ROI and payback model with a worked case; (8) a 20-question RFP checklist; (9) seven pitfalls in first deployments; (10) about TeepTrak. The document is A4, ten pages, English, and free.
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Frequently asked questions about the OEE Buyer’s Kit
Is the OEE Buyer’s Kit really free?
Yes. The kit is free and requires only a work email address so we can send you the download link. There is no payment, no trial, and no obligation to speak to sales.
What is inside the OEE Buyer’s Kit 2026?
Ten A4 pages covering: the OEE formula with a worked shift example, OEE benchmarks by industry sector, the six big losses mapped to each OEE component, a 60-day pilot plan, a 12-criteria vendor scorecard, an ROI and payback model, a 20-question RFP checklist, and seven common pitfalls in first deployments.
Is the kit vendor-neutral?
Largely, yes. The benchmarks, scorecard, RFP checklist and ROI model are written to be used with any OEE vendor. Two of the ten pages describe TeepTrak. The scorecard criteria are not weighted to favour us — several of them are areas where competitors score well.
Do I need existing sensors or a MES to use it?
No. The kit is written for plants starting from manual data collection or from Excel. The pilot plan assumes no prior instrumentation and explains what you need to install to get a first reliable OEE baseline.
Is the kit available in other languages?
Yes. The same kit is published in French as the Kit TRS de l’Acheteur, in German as the OEE-Einkaufskit, and in Spanish as the Kit OEE del Comprador. Each edition uses local terminology rather than a literal translation.
How accurate are the OEE benchmarks?
They are indicative ranges drawn from published manufacturing studies and from anonymised deployment data, presented as typical and top-quartile bands per sector rather than single figures. They are meant to tell you whether your number is normal for your industry, not to serve as a certified standard.