Form Manufacturing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 
ATS
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Share Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a practical and effective means of raising Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). TPM is a proactive maintenance methodology that’s complementary to Lean manufacturing. This blog introduces TPM and describes the 8 principles or pillars on which it operates.
ATS
MARCH 25, 2025
While the primary goal in maintenance strategy is to keep machines running, it also impacts larger corporate objectives such as lean manufacturing initiatives or overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This starts with strategic alignment. For example, lean processes focus on reducing waste.
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Control Engineering
JUNE 6, 2023
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) insights OEE helps manufacturers determine how effective productivity is for equipment, line or an operation. There are ways to automate this calculation to save manufacturers time and streamline operations.
ATS
MARCH 5, 2024
First pass yield is calculated as a percentage of the total number of parts produced; the formula is: FPY = [(Number of saleable parts produced) / (Total number of parts produced over that time period)] x 100 Readers familiar with the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) calculation will notice the similarity with the quality score component.
Control Engineering
JULY 12, 2023
smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Review differences in Industry 4.0,
ATS
MARCH 5, 2024
Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing. In this sense, takt time creates the “pull” that characterizes lean manufacturing.
ATS
MARCH 18, 2024
While good news for airlines, this is putting the aerospace parts manufacturing industry under intense sustained pressure. Some will come from extending the life of assets already in place, and the rest by increasing the availability of existing equipment. This blog reviews the maintenance challenges in aircraft part manufacturing.
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