OEE calculations

    July 2, 2009
    Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a percentage calculation determined by three major components—availability, performance (or run time) and quality. The goal of OEE is to enhance a plant’s ability to get the very most of out existing equipment by making it more productive.

    Here’s the process for calculating OEE:

    Availability—this is the total time equipment actually runs divided by the total possible time the equipment could run.

    Total run time = 7 hours
    Total time in shift = 8 hours    = 0.875 x 100 = 87.5%

    Performance—this is the total time equipment was in cycle producing divided by the total time scheduled to run.

    Total time in cycle = 6.2 hours
    Total scheduled runtime = 7 hours    = 0.886 x 100 = 88.6%

    Quality—this is the ratio of good parts produced divided by the total parts produced.

    Good parts produced = 900
    Total parts produced = 1000    = 0.90 x 100 = 90.0%

    To calculate OEE, take the three percentages and multiply them together, then divide by 10,000.

    87.5 x 88.6 x 90.0
              10,000           = 69.77%

    Figures provided by Iconics Inc.

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