Do clip-boards and spreadsheets provide OEE you can trust?

Real-time OEE with MERLIN creates a fresh new factory inside your existing plant

For manufacturing companies that measure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), most do it through writing down measurements on a clipboard then inputting those results into spreadsheets.

But most plant managers realize that this manual process – which can run through several hands – is prone to inaccuracies.

These errors can cause OEE to be misstated by 50% or more. Just as bad, the data isn’t timely or actionable.

Prior to installing the MERLIN communications platform, MEMEX customers have admitted that while they were running their plants 24x7, they could only produce data on 20 out of 24 hours with the clip-board-and-spreadsheet method. Ouch.

When the error-prone clipboard method is abandoned for a real-time, data-driven approach that delivers trustworthy OEE, it’s like finding a fresh new factory within your existing operations.

Make your New Year’s resolution to burn the clip-boards in 2016.

Learn more about how real-time MERLIN analytics and in-plant dashboard displays helped a North American aerospace manufacturer achieve a 90% increase in OEE. Just click on the Email Sales button below.

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—David McPhail, CEO, MEMEX Inc.