Choosing OEE software is really a choice about how honestly you will measure your plant and how fast you can act on what you find. This vendor-neutral guide gives U.S. operations leaders a 30-criteria scorecard, the OT and IT questions that decide success, and a clear read on when a dedicated real-time OEE layer beats a heavy MES. Download the full guide for the editable scorecard, the RFP template and reference-check questions.<\/p>\n
The first question is not how the screens look; it is whether the tool measures OEE to ISO 22400-2 so that a line in Ohio and a line in Texas are comparable. Standardized definitions of planned time, losses and good count are what let you roll results up to a defensible Group number.<\/p>\n
Plants on manual logs typically overstate true OEE by 8 to 15 points. A buyer's most important criterion is automatic capture that removes that bias before any improvement work begins.<\/p>\n
Score each candidate across the ten areas below, weight them for your context, and require evidence rather than claims. The full PDF expands each area into three scored line items for a complete 30-point sheet.<\/p>\n
The fastest path to a stalled project is a tool that cannot connect your machines. Confirm PLC and OPC UA support, sensor capture for assets with no controller, and a retrofit path for legacy equipment. On the IT side, confirm OT network segmentation, an on-prem or cloud option that matches your policy, single sign-on and a clean API.<\/p>\n
A short connectivity proof on your two hardest machines tells you more than any reference call.<\/p>\n
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