How is OEE Calculated OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) provides an indication of how effectively machines are utilized on a manufacturing plant floor. It’s valuable for identifying and removing production constraints and for driving up revenue earned by...
Many companies have jumped on the bandwagon of using OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) as a KPI for their manufacturing equipment, lines, and plants. This article will introduce what OEE is and briefly discuss how it should and should not be used. What is OEE OEE...
The Past 2018 marks 20 years of Ectobox developing solutions outside the box. Ectobox began as a software consulting firm driven by a simple idea: we don’t like to see companies suffer needlessly doing work manually that can hold a business back when there are...
Summary IIoT can improve a manufacturing company’s asset utilization ratios and the production line’s up-time to produce significant savings in maintenance costs. This is illustrated through the P-F curve method of condition-based maintenance. Causes of...
Manufacturers can improve their operations and thereby generate better revenue and profit with IIoT. They can do this by unlocking data from their equipment, calculating the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) for the equipment, and using the resulting data to find...
We discussed in our previous post where the value of IoT comes from. Let’s now break the value creation down into 4 categories: IoT can help a company • Operate products better• Maintain products better• Make products better• Make new products better We will...
