At the end of every shift, a supervisor fills in the downtime log. Bearing failure — 40 minutes. Material shortage — 20 minutes. Miscellaneous — 15 minutes. That “miscellaneous” category
A plant head walks the floor every morning. Machines are running, operators are at their stations, everything looks normal. Then the weekly numbers come in — output is 15% below
A machine stops at 10:15 AM. The operator waits for the supervisor. The supervisor checks the controller, calls maintenance. Maintenance arrives at 10:31. The fix takes 6 minutes. The machine
Two plant heads are discussing OEE at an industry event. One says his OEE is 68%. The other says his is 71%. Both nod, both look mildly satisfied. Neither of
At the end of every shift, a supervisor fills in the downtime log. Bearing failure — 40 minutes. Material shortage — 20 minutes. Miscellaneous —
A plant head walks the floor every morning. Machines are running, operators are at their stations, everything looks normal. Then the weekly numbers come in
A machine stops at 10:15 AM. The operator waits for the supervisor. The supervisor checks the controller, calls maintenance. Maintenance arrives at 10:31. The fix
Two plant heads are discussing OEE at an industry event. One says his OEE is 68%. The other says his is 71%. Both nod, both
It’s 5:30 PM. The shift ends at 6. The supervisor checks the production log and realises the line is 47 parts short of today’s target.
The maintenance technician fixes the VMC for the third time this month. Same machine. Same failure. Different shift. He replaces the part, fills in the