Today’s business environment demands performance measurements not only to long-term financial investment goals but also against day-to-day, shift-to-shift and hour-by-hour production targets. For nearly 20 years, many food production companies have used overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) as an internal measurement of production line efficiency.
What is OEE? Fundamentally, OEE measures the ability of a production line and its individual components to produce quality products over time. OEE combines three basic measurements groups (OEE = Availability x Performance x Quality): - Availability – Amount of time the device actually operated versus what was planned.
- Performance – Identifies and quantifies anything that negatively impacts the ability of the machine to run to its designed specification.
- Quality – A metric for the number of produced pieces that meet specification.
What is “World Class” OEE? Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed, the worldwide leader in product inspection, will host a Webinar detailing how OEMs can help their customers’ operations to become world class. Join us for the live question and answer session with your peers at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1.
To register, please email pi.marketing@mt.com and request to be registered. You will receive an email reminder with log-in details for the Webinar.
