Theoretically, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) measures capacity versus output to show you how much of the time you’ve allocated to production actually produces the desired result: finished parts that pass quality control. The idea is that you can benchmark OEE to compare shifts, see if you measure up to industry standards or find…
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To compete successfully and build sustained progress, manufacturers need to optimize their processes, product quality and productivity. That doesn’t mean that a commitment to continuous improvement is an end in itself. Just as successful part production requires preparation, so does the transformation of your approach and its results. That preparation demands open mindedness…
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The right cutting tool path can optimize a machining process by up to 50%, and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software is critical to successful optimization because it allows manufacturers to integrate advanced machining strategies into their part programs. Unfortunately, although shops often have highly capable CAM software packages to generate those toolpaths, they…
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If there’s one thing worse than downtime for manufacturers, it’s unexplained downtime. You’re doing everything right – keeping up with your suppliers’ preventive maintenance schedules, giving your team plenty of training opportunities, integrating the latest technology – but when the output numbers arrive at the end of the month, you’re still falling short…
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