Production
Machine runtime, downtime and work measurement – against what was supposed to be produced. The same measurements grow into the foundation for OEE.
What is measured
- Machine state – running, idling, stopped
- Downtime and its duration
- Machine availability as the basis for OEE
- Machine energy consumption alongside runtime
- Work analysis and measurement
- Production process monitoring
- Maintenance management – together with MaintenanceDesk
- Inputs for quality management and process improvement
How it turned out elsewhere
Production monitoring and OEE tracking
The company had no real-time picture of production. Plan and actual output were compared only after the fact, which also held up dispatch planning.
The performance and quality components come straight from the controller, and the operator-entered downtimes determine availability – together the full OEE, plus order fulfilment.
Digital monitoring of manual production
Purely manual production of unique pieces – no automation to read data from. The only thing measurable was the number of finished pieces per shift; workstation times, inter-operation times and downtimes were invisible.
The times between scans yield the OEE of every workstation, of the logged-in worker and of the whole line: actual times are compared with the standard times for the given product type, planned downtimes (cleaning, testing) with their own standards, and unplanned downtimes determine availability.