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OEE Software

What is OEE software?

OEE, or overall equipment effectiveness, is a calculation used by manufacturers to understand and improve inefficiencies in their manufacturing processes. The calculation is composed of three factors, as follows: OEE = Availability x Performance x Quality OEE is part of the lean manufacturing philosophy. It's objectives are to continuously improve operating margins, optimize competitve position and maximize the use of capital. OEE analysis starts with plant operating time, or the amount of time a plant is open and available for operation. From plant operating time, subtract planned shut down, which includes any events that should be excluded from efficiency analysis. (Events such as breaks, scheduled maintenance, or periods when there is nothing to produce). The remaining time is your planned production time.

OEE begins with planned production time and scrutinizes efficiency and productivity losses that occur, with the goal of reducing or eliminating these losses. There are three categories of loss to consider - downtime, speed loss and quality loss. OEE software allows for the collection and presentation of OEE data.

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Availability

Availability takes into account downtime. Examples of downtime include equipment failures, material shortages, and changeover time. Changeover time is considered a form of down time. It may not be possible to eliminate changeover time, but in many cases it can be reduced. The remaining available time is called operating time. Performance

Performance takes into account speed loss, which includes any factors that cause the process to operate at less than the maximum possible speed, while running. Examples include machine wear, substandard materials, misfeeds, and operator inefficiency. The remaining available time is called net operating time. Quality

Quality takes into account quality losses, which account for produced pieces that do not meet quality standards, including pieces that may be reworked. The remaining time is called fully productive time. The goal is to maximize fully productive time. Request Info/Demo: OEE Software Collecting the data for OEE software

Quality is the ratio of fully productive time to net operating time (fully productive time is net operating time less quality loss). This is calculated as the ratio of good pieces to total pieces. 100% quality means there have been no reject or rework pieces. To give an example, if all three factors were at 95.0%, the OEE would be 85.7% Availability is the ratio of operating time to planned production time (operating time is planned production time less down time loss). 100% availability means the process has been running without any recorded stops. Performance is the ratio of net operating time to operating time (net operating time is operating time less speed loss). This is calculated as the ratio of ideal cycle time to actual cycle time, or alternately the ratio of actual run rate to ideal run rate.

Quality

Quality takes into account quality losses, which account for produced pieces that do not meet quality standards, including pieces that may be reworked. The remaining time is called fully productive time. The goal is to maximize fully productive time.

Quality is the ratio of fully productive time to net operating time (fully productive time is net operating time less quality loss). This is calculated as the ratio of good pieces to total pieces. 100% quality means there have been no reject or rework pieces. To give an example, if all three factors were at 95.0%, the OEE would be 85.7% Availability is the ratio of operating time to planned production time (operating time is planned production time less down time loss). 100% availability means the process has been running without any recorded stops.

Performance is the ratio of net operating time to operating time (net operating time is operating time less speed loss). This is calculated as the ratio of ideal cycle time to actual cycle time, or alternately the ratio of actual run rate to ideal run rate.

100% performance means that the process has been consistently running at its theoretical maximum speed.

The concepts of OEE are relatively simple and really help manufacturers focus on the underlying causes of productivity loss. The following are some common causes of loss, and reduced OEE.

Downtime losses can be due to tooling failures, unplanned maintenance, general breakdowns, setup, change over, material shortages, operator shortages and warm-up time. Speed losses can be due to rough running, component jams, misfeeds, sensor blocks, delivery blocks, cleaning, checking, under nameplate capacity, under design capacity, equipment wear and operator inefficiency.

Quality losses can be due to in process damage, in process expiration, incorrect assembly, rejects during warm up, start up or production.

Eliminating unplanned down time is critical to improving OEE. Other OEE factors cannot be addressed if the process is down. It is not only important to know how much downtime your process is experiencing (and when) but also to be able to attribute the lost time to the specific source or reason for the loss (tabulated through reason codes). With downtime and reason code data available, analysis can begin starting with the most severe loss categories.

Successful implementation of an OEE measurement system relies heavily on the existence of a complete and timely dataset. For effective use of an OEE management strategy, some thought needs to be directed at data availability and its sources, namely, OEE software.

Why choose Tuppas?

Our modules offer flexibility to grow as your business changes. A few reasons to choose our configurable systems include:

Pricing. Tuppas has developed a unique framework which helps to keep the development cycle short and module pricing at a minimum.

SaaS. Software as a Service virtually eliminates risks and large expenses associated with a system purchase.

Tailored. Each module is designed to meet the specific requirements of each client.

Browser Based. Internet access is instantly available from any secure browser.

Wireless. Access your software system instantly with Pocket Pcs, PDAs, smart phones and more.

OEE Software Benefits

Reduced IT software support requirement

Reduced hardware and servers

Intuitive, configurable system interfaces

Reduction in software training

Customizable open source code

Cost of future innovation is dramatically decreased

Ability to respond to new opportunities increases

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Each of the customizable ERP software programs we offer can integrate with your existing system and be tailored to your specifications. We can do this for you or your IT personnel can make the modifications. More Info
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