The concept of Standard Work is understood in virtually any work environment and is not exclusive to the lean enterprise. Typically the greater challenge of standardized work is actually preparing an… more →
Lean Execution - Intelligent Metricswrote 1 month ago: The concept of Standard Work is understood in virtually any work environment and is not exclusive to … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Using TRIZ for Problem Solving – Introduction A famous quote from Albert Einstein, “The … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Performing a time study is relatively easy compared to only few years ago. The technologies availab … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Problem solving is a problem in itself for many companies and at times can be one of the most daunti … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Does anyone actually look at their daily equipment availability? Instead of using TEEP that is typic … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is fast becoming a widely used measure for the manufacturing i … more →
wrote 4 months ago: As discussed in previous two installments in this series, tool uptime (TA%, TUp%, PUp%) and tool uti … more →
wrote 4 months ago: In Part I of this discussion, basic definitions of various tool time categories were defined. Now, l … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Tools/equipment/machines are basic elements that any production engineer learns to handle (physicall … more →
wrote 4 months ago: by Brice Alvord Need to measure the efficiency of your production line equipment. Overall equipment … more →
wrote 4 months ago: We recently received an e-mail regarding OEE calculations for batch processes and more specifically … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Instant Turnaround Did you know that your leadership style may be affecting your Overall Equipment E … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Instant Turnaround Did you know that your leadership style may be affecting your Overall Equipment E … more →
wrote 6 months ago: We changed our theme! Today was another day to do a little maintenance. We spent a little time revam … more →
wrote 6 months ago: OEE Spreadsheet Templates – One Click Closer: As the days of summer are upon us, we thought it … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Getting Started Online Training is more rampant now than ever. If you want to learn about OEE and h … more →
wrote 6 months ago: How to correctly calculate the Quality Factor for OEE Most people assume that the quality factor for … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Many articles written on OEE (ours being the exception), indicate or suggest that the quality factor … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Some of our readers have expressed an interest in the application of Statistical Analysis Tools for … more →