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The real question is why the same production system performs differently under different conditions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">How can one OEE number hide three different production realities?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">An average tells you how the factory performed overall. It does not necessarily tell you where the losses occurred.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Consider an illustrative example of a manufacturing company with 120 employees, three production shifts and several connected production lines. At the end of the day, its OEE software reports an overall OEE of approximately 82%.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Looking only at that number, performance appears relatively stable. Looking at individual shifts reveals a different picture:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ctable class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"width: 440.0pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm .5pt 0cm .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid #BFBFBF; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid #BFBFBF;\" border=\"1\" width=\"587\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\">\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 130.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; background: #E8E8E8; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\">Production shift\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 60.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; background: #E8E8E8; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\">OEE\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 250.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-left: none; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; background: #E8E8E8; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"333\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\">What the average hides\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/thead>\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 130.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Shift 1\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 60.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">88%\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 250.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"333\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Stable production\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 130.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Shift 2\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 60.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">84%\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 250.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"333\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Slight performance losses\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 130.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Shift 3\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 60.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">74%\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 250.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"333\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Recurring production losses\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003Ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 130.0pt; border: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Daily average\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 60.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">82%\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 250.0pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border-right: solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #BFBFBF .5pt; padding: 4.0pt 6.0pt 4.0pt 6.0pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"333\">\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">Problem appears smaller\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/td>\n\u003C/tr>\n\u003C/tbody>\n\u003C/table>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">The 82% figure is not wrong. It is simply incomplete.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Production Management provides the context needed to understand what is happening behind that number.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">Does lower OEE mean that one shift is performing worse?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">A difference between shifts should start an investigation, not a conclusion.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">It would be easy to look at these figures and assume that Shift 3 has weaker operators. That may be completely wrong.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Perhaps Shift 3 receives a different product mix. Maybe more changeovers are scheduled during that period. A particular machine may experience more micro-stops after operating continuously for 16 hours. Material availability may be different at night, or maintenance support may take longer to reach the line.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">The difference could even originate earlier. A problem created during Shift 2 may only become visible during Shift 3.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">This is why Smart Manufacturing requires more than ranking shifts by OEE. The production team needs to connect OEE with actual production events before deciding what needs to be improved.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">What should we look at when OEE differs between shifts?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Availability, Performance and Quality can point toward the type of loss, while Production Management helps identify its source.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Suppose Shift 3 has an OEE of 74%. Breaking the KPI into its components may reveal that Quality is almost identical across all three shifts, while Availability and Performance are significantly lower during the third shift.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Now the investigation becomes much more focused.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Production teams can compare:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->machine downtime and recurring micro-stops;\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->actual versus expected cycle times;\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->work orders and product variants;\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->changeover duration;\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->produced quantities and scrap;\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: -15.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.0pt 25.2pt;\">\u003C!-- [if !supportLists]-->\u003Cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.\u003Cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">     \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C!--[endif]-->machine alarms and operator-reported events.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">A modern MES system can connect these events to the production timeline. Instead of simply seeing that Shift 3 has lower OEE, managers can identify which events contributed to the difference and when they occurred.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">What if the problem is 35 minutes that nobody notices?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Small recurring losses can create large differences in OEE without producing a dramatic machine failure.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Imagine that one production line experiences several micro-stops during the third shift. Individually, they last only 30 seconds to three minutes and therefore attract little attention. Combined with a longer changeover, they create approximately 35 minutes of additional lost production per shift.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">There is no five-hour breakdown. No major alarm dominates the maintenance report.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Yet 35 minutes repeated across approximately 300 production days represents around 175 hours of lost production capacity per year on that shift alone.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">If similar hidden losses exist across multiple production lines, the impact can become substantial.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">This is why machine downtime monitoring should include more than major failures. Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen initiatives often generate significant results by identifying small, recurring losses that have gradually become accepted as normal production behavior.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">Why should OEE be connected with work orders and products?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Two shifts can operate the same machines and still have different OEE because they are not necessarily producing under the same conditions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Suppose Shift 1 primarily manufactures Product A with a 40-second standard cycle time, while Shift 3 frequently produces Product B, which requires additional machine adjustments and more frequent changeovers.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Comparing the two shifts without this context can produce misleading conclusions.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">The Production Management module should therefore connect OEE with information such as the active work order, product, planned quantity, actual quantity, production time, downtime and quality results.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">This enables managers to compare equivalent production conditions rather than simply comparing people or shifts.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">It also improves production and machine traceability because historical performance can be linked to the conditions under which a specific production order was executed.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">Can real-time OEE change what happens before the shift ends?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Knowing tomorrow that the night shift performed poorly is useful for analysis. Knowing at 02:00 that performance is beginning to decline creates an opportunity to act.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">This is the fundamental difference between reporting and production management.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">If OEE is calculated only after production data has been consolidated, it explains the past. When OEE is calculated in real time and connected with machine and Production Management information, it can support decisions while production is still running.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">A supervisor can see that Performance has started declining, investigate increasing micro-stops and react before another four hours of production are affected.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">The goal is not simply to create a more detailed report.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">It is to shorten the time between a production loss beginning and somebody understanding why it is happening.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">How do MES, MOM and ERP create a complete production picture?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Different systems answer different questions, and the greatest value appears when their information is connected.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Machines and PLCs know what is physically happening. MES and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management) provide production context such as work orders, OEE, downtime and quantities. ERP systems manage higher-level business processes including orders, materials and planning.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">TAP Smart Factory is not an ERP solution. It complements systems such as SAP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Navision) and can communicate with machines, PLCs, sensors, industrial cameras, printers and other production equipment.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">This allows information from the shop floor and business systems to become part of the same Smart Factory environment.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch3 style=\"margin: 16.0pt 0cm 8.0pt 0cm;\">\u003Cstrong>\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Libre Baskerville'; color: #1f2a37;\">How does TAP Smart Factory connect OEE with Production Management?\u003C/span>\u003C/strong>\u003C/h3>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">TAP Smart Factory is a modular MES system for real-time production monitoring developed by T3Soft.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">By connecting OEE with work orders, machine status, downtime, production quantities, quality information and other production events, TAP Smart Factory allows managers to move beyond a single percentage and understand what is actually driving production performance.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">An OEE of 82% may look acceptable.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">But if that number is created by three shifts running at 88%, 84% and 74%, the average is only the beginning of the story.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">The next question should not be:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">“What is our OEE?”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">It should be:\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">“Why is our OEE what it is, and where can we improve it?”\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">Because the purpose of measuring production performance is not to create a better report.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%;\">\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\">It is to create a better production process.\u003C/span>\u003C/p>",[494],{"slug":-1,"image":495,"gallery":497,"icon":-1,"featured":144,"title":245,"subtitle":148,"description":148,"content":148,"category":29,"group":29,"date_updated":-1},{"id":496},"1a068a63-19ae-4e4c-b173-80bf91e1b5e4",[],1788773593058]