The Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or OEE, is one of the most important metrics for evaluating production equipment. It shows how effectively machines and plants are actually used and combines the three central perspectives of availability, performance and quality. It therefore forms an important basis for economic assessments, capacity considerations and targeted improvement measures.
In practice, however, introducing and using OEE is often more demanding than it appears at first glance. What matters is not only the metric itself, but also a shared understanding of its components, clean capture of relevant data and correct interpretation of losses. Without clear definitions, discussions quickly focus on numbers instead of causes and improvements.
I support you in successfully introducing an OEE model or review existing structures for relevance, data quality and practical usefulness. A particular focus is on identifying, categorising and evaluating losses. This makes it visible where performance is lost, which causes are especially relevant and which measures can have the greatest effect on equipment and process performance.