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Read Our Blog. How does OEE Help in the Food Manufacturing Industry? Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the go-to metric for food manufacturing facilities to recognise losses and benchmarking advancement toward improving throughput performance. It's used to figure out what percentage of manufacturing time is productive. Measuring overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has various advantages in a food manufacturing facility.
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