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OEE Deserves More Than a Spreadsheet
OEE, or overall equipment effectiveness, is a tool to improve manufacturing efficiency.
Many people realize benefits of this approach and justify its use as a performance measure, but then find that getting the information into Excel and managing the system becomes time-consuming and difficult. Management can take 1-2 days per week,
and the results when compared to software based OEE are lacking.
ERP Software. Browser based cloud technology.
Factor in multiple lines and locations. Different instance of spreadsheet at each machine…also, excel is not a good
historian (worksheet becomes cumbersome).
Reasons to use software instead of spreadsheet for OEE:
The cost of data entry. One person will need to dedicate 1-2 days per week to data entry.
Excel will have to be installed at all points of data entry.
Only one user can enter data at a time with Excel.
You will need to develop the reports yourself in Excel.
Login/Password security levels not available for Excel
Software reports can use multiple filters.(difficult with Excel)
You need a “super user/developer” with Excel.
OEE software can send reports and alerts via email-easily.
OEE software can also handle automated data collection-Excel can't. Another strong point to consider is that With web-based software, all of the data and reports can easily be used in company wide KPIs. For more information on OEE tracking software, visit Lean Manufacturing Systems Review.
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