How Automation Advances Affect OEE
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How Automation Advances Affect OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness is a long-used equation to determine the effectiveness of production machines. But as automation technologies—and their associated analytic capabilities— rapidly advance, what role does OEE serve as industry digitizes?
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ew argue about the value of production insights delivered by the well-known OEE calculation. In essence, OEE is a great tool to help understand how well a line is running. This metric can be used to compare similar production systems and determine where improvements can be made most effectively. If you're wondering whether or not you need to replace or fix equipment on a line or if you can get more productivity out of an existing line through targeted investments, OEE can be very valuable.
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But to deliver insights precisely enough to be of real value in determining new investments—especially in light of all the advances that have been made in automation technologies over the past few years—OEE needs context. And to understand how to connect OEE calculations with operational context as industry increasingly digitizes its operations, Automation World connected with Sam Russem of system integration firm Grantek to get a better grasp on this issue for an episode of the “Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered” podcast series.
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