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Section: Process > Plant Maintenance

Nicholas Imfeld, principal engineer, Avanceon

How Developing a Batching System’s Phases Is all About Balance

There are a lot of parts to be aware of when developing a flexible batching system. However, if you want to ensure operational efficiency, developing well-balanced phases is the most integral piece.

How IO-Link Benefits OEMs and End Users

How IO-Link Benefits OEMs and End Users

Already popular in Europe, the IO-Link industrial communication technology is reportedly growing by double digits in the U.S. Learn why this point-to-point data communication method is increasingly preferred across industry for delivering device data.

While few people argue against the use of OEE as a helpful guideline, some are questioning how much it can help direct specific production improvements.

Is OEE Too Abstract?

OEE has long been a popular method for calculating asset performance, but some are beginning to question its value in providing direction to staff on how to improve production.

Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health

Combining IIoT and AI to Elevate Machine Health

Augury’s Halo platform—a turnkey offering that combines sensors, artificial intelligence, and vibration experts—can diagnose the “acoustic footprint” of a machine, flagging a problem before it impacts performance.

John Scheible, MVE Analytics

Data Analytics Strategy Provides Continuous Improvement

Data analytics including machine learning algorithms can deliver breakthrough improvements by making the data exploration phase efficient and real-time monitoring and prediction easy.

Chris Hough, ProMach/ZPI

OMAC Tackles Machine, Operator Efficiency

Providing updates at the Automation World Conference & Expo, group leaders outline efforts to provide guidance on line-level OEE implementation and machine interface standards.

Artificial Intelligence Makes Its Way Inside Machines

Artificial Intelligence Makes Its Way Inside Machines

Omron unveils a controller that executes machine learning to perform predictive maintenance.

Frank Latino, Festo

Pneumatics in the Age of IIoT

Using Industrial Internet of Things pneumatic solutions to improve OEE, energy efficiency and agile manufacturing.

Amway’s Rob Dargie details the OpX Leadership Network’s remote equipment access tool.

OpX Tools Help Manufacturers Improve Operational Excellence

Detailing existing and upcoming tools available free through the OpX Leadership Network, industry experts explained how they can make your entire operations run more efficiently.

In 2012, an international food company saw a significant decrease in downtime and increased a single line’s production to 4.8 million cans per year using TrakSYS OEE and manufacturing operations management software. Their results are displayed in this chart.

OEE: A Management Strategy

Overall equipment effectiveness is most often seen as a tool for use in production operations. However, it is increasingly viewed as a strategic management tool for continuous improvement and connecting the enterprise to the plant floor.

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Earning the Data

With data collection, start simple and then build on that foundation.

Screenshot of GE Digital's Plant Pulse Optimizer

Using Visualization to Close the Performance Gap

As the focus on plant optimization via device and system data increases, a higher level of attention is being paid to data visualization to better direct process improvement efforts.

Automate Data Collection to Boost Packaging Line OEE

Automate Data Collection to Boost Packaging Line OEE

The topic of equipment effectiveness through root cause analysis takes center stage at Pack Expo East

Areas in which manufacturers plan to invest to shore up their operating models. Source: Accenture

What Happened to Flexibility?

Among the traits most often cited about modern manufacturers is their unwavering focus on being as flexible as possible to respond to constantly shifting market demands. A recent study shows, however, that less than one-third of global manufacturers would consider themselves to be flexible.

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Production Insights, Part 1: Combining Vision & Visibility

A former production manager at Pepsi Bottling Ventures shares his experience in aligning business vision and technology-driven visibility to drive organizational growth and reduce operating costs.

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Automation Technologies Do Exist

Users give examples that show the benefits of digital technologies, including reduced scrap through better data, and money savings in operations.

OEE: It’s Your Actions that Count

Adrian Pask says that if you want to build sustainable ways of achieving overall equipment effectiveness over time, you need more than focused attention.

This shows the distribution of performance in OEE across a number of different discrete manufacturing industries. Source: LNS Research

Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Benchmark Data by Industry

Our goal is to benchmark over 1,000 companies by the end of the year so manufacturers will be able to compare their performance to their peers’ using metrics such as OEE, On Time and Complete Shipments, Successful New Product Introductions, and Cost of Quality. For now, there is preliminary data on OEE performance across a number of discrete manufacturing industries.

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