Overall Equipment Effectiveness
OEE INDEX
5 main OEE indicator levels established worldwide:
The company exploits its existing equipment perfectly, produces the highest possible amount of products per minimal time,
and has high-quality standards. That means that the equipment, production line, or whole factory was working at its highest
possible speed without any failures or defects.
For many factories, it is a long-term objective to achieve this percentage.
This index percentage falls into an average operating company indicators. The company has a lot of processes which can be
upgraded to improve efficiency and increase production time.
The company doesn‘t use its equipment efficiently, has issues with defective production or there are many equipment failures.
Typically, this can be improved by simply monitoring equipment breakdown reasons and making necessary decisions to remove
them. This could increase OEE indicator approximately from 5 % to 25 %.
The company uses its equipment very ineffectively and it needs to closely monitor every production process. Drastic decisions
need to be made to improve the current situation.
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is one of the most
frequently used terms on the shop floor. On the other
hand, it brings questions as well: what is OEE? How...
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is one of the most
frequently used terms on the shop floor. On the other
hand, it brings questions as well: what is OEE? How...