Does it require Machine Integration, Machine Monitoring, both or neither? Obtaining real-time and real-effective OEE measurements This is the first article in a series on OEE measurements Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) measures the performance of your factory floor assets against the most optimum production process possible. This effectiveness measure is a percent derived from three […]
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OEE…does it require machine integration, machine monitoring, both or neither? Obtaining real-time and real-effective OEE measurements (Part 2) This is the second article in a series on OEE measurements. Read the first article here. Good Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) systems do not have to include automated feeds from the machines on your floor in order to
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Obtaining real-time and real-effective OEE measurements (Part 3) This is the third article in a series on OEE measurements. Read the first article here. Read the second article here. Finding a way to compare one company’s financial performance against another is rooted in the ability to find a common ground for evaluation. This common denominator
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Metrics, a measurement methodology, are being used frequently in today’s manufacturing environment as the pathway to best practices and world class manufacturing. The use of information, specifically data collected during the production process, is not a new idea. However when it comes to the factory floor, most of the prior data collection projects in many
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CoorsTek Medical Utilizes Factivity MES Software to Create More Efficient Use of Labor and Equipment Installation of new software product assists company in implementing a unique touch screen system quickly and successfully Golden, Colorado, February 12, 2015. When the medical device division of CoorsTek set out to refine and gain efficiency on the factory floor,
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As mentioned in Part 1 of this Article, there are a few steps needed in order to successfully use any or all of these reporting (Metrics) tools in a useful and productive manner. As previously mentioned, once a person of authority (Process Manager) is in place then he/she can set-up their own approach to using
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Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), that is using computer algorithms tied together with an easy to use Graphical User Interface, is being more and more recognized as the premier method of finding and improving the manufacturing production process. This Lean Manufacturing method involves the extraction of current and easily accessibleinventory and production information (MRP data)
As mentioned in Part 1 of the article, trying to collect data at “grouped” operations like laser cutting, roll cutting or furnace operations where many different parts are processed at one time is not conducive to a data collection system.Trying to record production and employee time data at these operations is not easily accomplished with
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Wiring-up your machine to a central server to collect data for evaluation of OEE metrics or using bar code readers to facilitate a factory floor Data Collection project might sound like a productive thing to do, but it could be a hindrance and in actuality be putting you on the wrong project “lean manufacturing” track.
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The truth about which technology is best for your company Often in discussions regarding factory performance measurements, regardless of whether the area that is being analyzed is the machines overall effectiveness (OEE), labor productivity and efficiency or part/job workflow speed, the words “Metrics” and “Analytics” are mentioned as a way to gather insight into process
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