Tag Archive for TPM

OEE Calculation

OEE Calculation

OEE Formula   Your OEE calculation is based on a composite of the six big losses of your equipment broken down into three main areas; Availability, performance and quality. It is a very simple calculation in reality; OEE = Availability%…

OEE

OEE

What is OEE? OEE or Overall equipment effectiveness is a performance measure that reflects the health of your process or machine, it is a composite measure that is calculated from your machines availability, performance and the quality of output and…

Preventive Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

What is Preventive Maintenance Preventative or preventive maintenance is a simple method to ensure that you get reliable and efficient performance from you plant and equipment within your organization. It is important to ensure that machinery does not break down…

Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

What is Predictive Maintenance Predictive maintenance uses a number of tools and techniques to monitor the condition of your machines and equipment to predict when problems are going to occur by identifying the symptoms of wear and other failures. Also…

What is TPM

What is TPM

Development of TPM Total productive maintenance (TPM) is one of the foundation blocks of any lean manufacturing implementation; after all it is not possible to improve our processes if we cannot rely on our equipment and machines. Combined with 5S;…

Autonomous Maintenance

Autonomous Maintenance

What is Autonomous Maintenance Autonomous maintenance is “independent” maintenance carried out by the operators of the machines rather than by dedicated maintenance technicians. This is core concept of TPM or Total productive maintenance, much like TQM (total quality management), TPM…