If you're measuring your production process, you're smart. If you're using OEE, you're smarter. It's common sense that measuring key factors like product quality, machine downtime and production speed are key to remaining competitive - poor performance in any of these areas will lead to increased costs and unhappy customers.
The next step is to understand that each of these key factors are inextricably linked to one another, and that changes made to improve one area may have a detrimental affect on another - imagine speeding up your production process signifcantly, but ending up knee-deep in rejects as a result. So, how do you look at this holistically and make sure that any changes you make result in a postive impact to your bottom line?
Gemba Solutions' GAIN4 production efficiency software uses the industry-standard OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) measure to provide a solution. OEE is a simple but effective calculation which focuses on individual items of process or manufacturing equipment at a finite level and allows their 'effectiveness' to be measured individually or in groups (i.e. with other equipment items).
The OEE calculation is based on the ratio of the three key production parameters, availability, performance, and quality, with time (e.g. planned shift time/s) being used as the baseline measurement. So... Availability% = actual running time / planned production time, Performance% = pieces produced / the theoretical production rate and Quality% = good pieces / total pieces made.
Gemba's GAIN4 efficiency software provides a baseline OEE figure for your machine, line or plant, and goes beyond this to report on availability, performance, quality, downtime, rejects, maintenance stoppages, speed, WIP, labour usage etc.To find out more about how OEE and Gemba's GAIN4 efficiency software can help you streamline your manufacturing process, call us on 02476 796615 or email sales@gembasolutions.com
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