Crisis management with OEE

Normal production planning often isn't enough when things get unstable.

In a crisis, you need to see more and decide faster if you want to keep productivity up and stay competitive.

Why live data matters more in a crisis

The corona period is a good example of what puts pressure on production:

• fewer people can be at work
• distancing rules change the usual routines
• customers are under pressure
• help arrives too late
• day-to-day operations get harder to predict

Under those conditions, live production data is worth a lot more.

How OEE helps you act faster

Live monitoring gives you several concrete benefits:

• you can follow production without being in the factory all the time
• you get less waste, so it costs less to produce
• you find the critical stop causes earlier
• you can react fast when a changeover or a stop drags on

That makes it easier to solve problems while they are still small.

Focus on the few things that matter most

Here is a key point: a fairly small share of the stops often accounts for a large share of the lost production time.

If you can find the most important stop causes quickly, you can put your effort where it makes the biggest difference.

So OEE and live data aren't only tools for optimization. When everything gets turned upside down, they are also practical tools for crisis management.