Talk:Overall Equipment Effectiveness
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[edit] Oct 11 edit
I removed the following, which was all added Oct 11 [1], as it's unencyclopedic and advertising. After removing it, I also found it is copvio from [2]:
Overall Equipment Effectiveness "Our output is much lower than the capacity of the equipment we installed!"
Production machines are designed on the basis of a certain production capacity. In practice, it turns out that due to various causes, the actual output lags far behind the capacity of the equipment that was installed. In addition, it appears that the implemented improvements have little or no effect: At a higher production speed, more products are being rejected, and when we focus more on quality the machine malfunctions regularly. Often we simply do not know any better; the situation is the way it is and we have learned to live with it.
The OEE provides insight into the losses occurring during a production process If the output of approved (!) product lags far behind the capacity of the installed machinery we speak of a hidden production capacity, i.e., this capacity is not being used for the production of good product but - unintentionally or unwittingly – used for various types of losses. How your machine performs in comparison to an ideal machine – namely, a machine, which always operates at maximum speed and with a quality rate of 100% - is determined by losses in availability, performance, and quality. The OEE indicates how effectively your machine is being used compared to the ideal machine (OEE = 100%). Illustrations can be found on the website of OEE Toolkit.
Source: www.oeetoolkit.com
--Ronz 16:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
