I was recently involved in a discussion regarding the value of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Of course, I fully supported OEE and confirmed that it can bring tremendous value to any organization that is prepared to embrace it as a…
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OEE and the Quality Factor
Many articles written on OEE (ours being the exception), indicate or suggest that the quality factor for OEE is calculated as a simple percentage of good parts from the total of all parts produced. While this calculation may work for…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Lean Metrics, OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency, Process Control and OEE, Quality Tagged with: Calculating OEE, How to work with OEE, Leadership, Lean Metrics, OEE, OEE Calculations, OEE Leadership, OEE Quality Factor, OEE Training, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, practical OEE, Quality, Quality Factor, Variance, Waste, Weighted OEE
How to use the 5 WHY approach
The 5 WHY technique, developed by Sakichi Toyoda, is one of the core problem solving tools used by Toyota Motor Corporation and has been adopted and embraced by numerous companies all over the globe. This technique is unconstrained, providing the…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, APQP, Problem Solving, Process Control and OEE, Quality, Root Cause Analysis, Trouble Shooting Tagged with: 5 WHY, Effective Problem Solving, Lean Manufacturing, OEE, OEE Integration, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Problem Statement, Root Cause Analysis, Variance, Waste
Lean Culture
Background Being in business for many years is, and can be, both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, the company has established itself and is well rooted in its chosen industry. On the other hand, it has established and…
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OEE and Morale
Is employee morale impacting your OEE? If so, how much of a concern is it? As we wrote in one of our recent posts, “Perhaps the greatest “external” influence on current manufacturing operations is the rapid collapse of the automotive industry in the midst of our…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Lean Metrics, OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency, Process Control and OEE Tagged with: Beating OEE, Cheating OEE, How to work with OEE, Lean Agility, Lean Dynamics, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Metrics, OEE metric, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Standardized Work, Total Equipment Effectiveness Performance, Variance, Waste and OEE
OEE Measurement Error
How many times have you, or someone you know, challenged the measurement process or method used to collect the data because the numbers just “don’t make sense” or “can’t be right”? It is imperative to have integrity in the data…
Posted in Advanced Lean Manufacturing, Eliminate Waste, Lean Metrics, OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency, Process Control and OEE Tagged with: Beating OEE, Calculating OEE, Cheating OEE, Costing with OEE, Down Time, Efficiency, How to work with OEE, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Metrics, Lean OEE Costs, oee best practices, Overall Equipement Effectiveness, Performance, Total Equipment Effectiveness Performance, Variance, Working with OEE
Improving OEE: A Hands On Approach
We have explored Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) from several perspectives and how it can be used as an effective performance metric. The purpose of measuring and monitoring OEE, at a minimum, should be three fold: To ensure the current performance levels are sustained,…
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