Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a hierarchy of metrics developed by Seiichi Nakajima in the 1960s
to evaluate how effectively a manufacturing operation is
utilized. It is based on the Harrington Emerson way of
thinking regarding labor efficiency. The results are stated in a generic form which allows
comparison between manufacturing units in differing industries. It is best used to identify
scope for process performance improvement, and how to get the improvement. If for example
the cycle time is reduced, the OEE will
increase i.e. more product is produced for less resource. Another example is if one
enterprise serves a high volume, low variety market, and another enterprise serves a low
volume, high variety market. More changeovers (set-ups) will lower
the OEE in comparison, but if the product is sold at a premium, there could be more margin
with a lower OEE.
To know more about OEE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overall_equipment_effectiveness
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