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The 10 components of an effective lean operation
In my opinion and experience, there are 10 components or definitions for an “effective” lean operation. These include: Safety is not a slogan. It is acted upon and driven similar to quality and other key metrics. Productivity is improving 10 percent or more per year, quality metrics are
Hey, what’s missing in OEE?
One of the issues with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is that it is an output process metric (Speed Performance x Quality x Uptime). It’s great as a process metric for measuring machine performance. What it ignores are the resources consumed in the process. Given enough money, I can improve
OEE oxymoron; Are all factors truly equal?
The traditional formula for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) - including speed, quality and uptime - treated all three factors as equals and OEE as a measure of equipment effectiveness over a 24-hour period, assuming 24 hours was the required performance window. Most companies have refined the calculation
Cross-functional OEE? Is it still a maintenance metric? Is it a finance tool?
This subject may be old hat to some of you. I encourage you to read through it for a unique use of overall equipment effectiveness. I became a skeptic of OEE when I saw the performance on the midnight shift at a well-run plant nosedive. The low OEE was on the shift performance dashboard and attracted
