Improving OEE

The effective utilisation of production equipment is essential if world-class customer service levels are to be achieved at minimum cost. Unnecessary capital expenditure can also be avoided by ensuring that best use is made of existing equipment.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a Key Performance Indicator which provides a complete measure of how well production equipment is being used, based on availability, performance & quality. It is used as the basis for implementing continuous improvements in manufacturing performance.

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is an essential ingredient of Lean Manufacturing, and seeks to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness by empowering operators to take responsibility for their own equipment – an approach sometimes known as Autonomous Maintenance – in partnership with Engineering and Maintenance personnel.

Course Content

The Need to Improve OEE
•The demands of Lean organisations
•Developments in maintenance strategy
•Assessing & addressing the risks of process failure
•Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Lean Manufacturing

Measuring & Improving OEE
•OEE – a world-class performance measure
•Understanding the 6 big losses relating to Availability, Performance & Quality
•Improving equipment reliability
•Collecting, displaying & analysing OEE data
•Structured improvement approaches
•Examples & case studies

Introducing Autonomous Maintenance
•The importance of operator involvement
•The seven steps of Autonomous Maintenance
•Links with '5S' Workplace Organisation
•Co-ordination of maintenance activities
•Organisation & Visual Management
•Continuous Improvement & developing operator involvement

Implementation Issues
•Implementation strategy
•Getting started
•Changing roles & responsibilities