Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a powerful metric for determining production performance. But, does OEE hold its own in being the only KPI you should be using? How should you apply OEE? What data should you use to determine OEE? How useful is it, really?
In this article, I speak with Adrian Pask, vice president business development at Vorne. Founded in 1979, Vorne helps manufacturing companies measure and improve the OEE of their production processes. The company launched a website dedicated to OEE (www.oee.com) in 2002, and in 2005 launched www.leanproduction.com to help people implement Lean Manufacturing processes.