Understanding OEE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness - OEE - is a term that is being increasingly flung about these days. Andrew Allcock went in search of enlightenment: and found it

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Within Rolls-Royce's new look factories (Machinery 21 May, page 10), OEE is a key measure that drives process improvement And the Telegraph's online SME help area also highlights OEE's application in boosting output at an East London printing company, following help from the Manufacturing Advisory Service. OEE has been alluded to for many years, as it happens, but more typically by way of actions that affect it such as reducing set-up times, reducing reject rates or improving processes to reduce cycle times. Indeed, our story on page 31 involving Renishaw technology is effectively pointing the way at improving factors underpinning OEE.