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OEE + AI: Smart Tweaks for a Better Manufacturing Future

Four key areas of OEE improvement benefit from the latest in artificial intelligence technology.

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

September 9, 2025

Achieving a high OEE score has been elusive in the past as processors grapple with where to begin in troubleshooting OEE issues. The future of OEE, with the help of AI technology, will help manufacturers find the most miniscule of line problems and be on top of their game.

Line changeovers can create significant production loss

Managing Line Changeovers

Improve quality with better line changeover management

Not only is quality hampered by poor line changeover planning, but costs can ramp up quickly during non-production

Vikram Mankar

June 16, 2022

Getting hold of line changeovers improves quality, decreases waste

Yaskawa Motoman's Smart Series robots and controllers

Packaging

How to avoid dreaded packaging downtime

Better design leads to improved uptime

Rose Shilling

September 9, 2019

Keeping your packaging machines running can be a tricky task, but better design leads to improved uptime.

Sustainable Plant of the Year: Frito-Lay Casa Grande Plant Attains Near Net Zero

Kevin T. Higgins

November 1, 2011

Efficiency was built into Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande plant a quarter-century ago, but the snack maker takes the facility’s energy- and water-conservation systems to a new level with near net zero.

Tech Update: Filling Equipment

Kevin T. Higgins

August 1, 2011

Faster fill times are nice, but a host of other considerations also are part of manufacturers’ value calculations. Those needs are evident in the systems being developed.

Conveying Systems

Jaan Koel

May 1, 2011

Every process needs connectivity-the right “circulation system” to provide optimum hygiene, flexibility, fast changeovers and ease of maintenance at the lowest possible cost.