Machine performance tracking

OEE Software for Increased Production Output

autfactory automatically collects machine and process data, calculates OEE in real time, and identifies the sources of downtime, micro-stops, and performance losses.

• integrated in 2–4 weeks
• starting at €49 per machine per month
• unlimited number of users and variables

This is how a production manager uses the autfactory OEE dashboard:

What is your OEE?

OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) shows how efficiently your production is running. With autfactory, you can easily identify opportunities for optimization and sustainably improve your OEE.

OEE Metrics: How Much Potential Does Your Manufacturing Operation Still Have?

• 85% or higher: You’re in the top tier!
• 60% to 85%: A good score, but there’s still room for improvement!
• 40% to 60%: Average—take action now and optimize your production!
• Below 40%: Low score; urgent improvements are needed!

autfactory collects all relevant production data in a central system – regardless of the machine, control system, or existing IT infrastructure.

What data autfactory collects:

• Machine & process data
  Running times, downtimes, speed, energy consumption
• Production data
  Quantities, rejects, order progress, setup times
• Quality data
  Test values, good/bad parts, complaints
• Planning data
  Orders, shift schedules, material requirements
• Employee/operator entries
  Reasons for faults, comments, manual entries

All information is automatically recorded, standardized, and archived. This creates a reliable database for tracking your machine performance.

autfactory vs. Excel

A machine with an 85% OEE looks impressive. But in reality, even the best individual performance is of little use if a manual workstation is holding things up or the flow of materials is stalled. The key factor is not the OEE of a single machine, but the performance of the entire line. In any production process, the following applies: If one station stops, the entire value chain comes to a halt. Any downtime means zero production.

This is where traditional Excel analyses fall short. They show isolated key figures, but not the real causes. No dynamic dependencies. No live data. And therefore no solid basis for decision-making with regard to improvements.

autfactory makes your production transparent

Our production optimization software autfactory links all relevant influencing factors along the line:

• machine performance
  • Setup times, tool changes, maintenance
• Material & logistics flow
  • Material availability, intralogistics disruptions, missing production documents, missing approvals
• Personnel & Process Organization
  • Inefficient shift planning/incomplete staffing, operator errors or operators unavailable, manual work steps cause delays
• Interface & line coordination
  • Inefficient transfer processes between machine 1 – manual workstation – machine 2
  • Disruptions in material flow
• Micro alarms

The reality in many manufacturing facilities: ERP, MES, QDAS, databases, measuring systems, control systems, bus and vision systems, industrial interfaces, maintenance, and operators are only loosely connected to each other. Each area maintains its own data—often even multiple times.

This leads to typical obstacles in machine performance tracking:

• Productivity losses
  Manual data entry, Excel lists, and media breaks cost time and generate errors.
• Redundant data storage & high maintenance costs
  Different systems, different truths – with corresponding maintenance costs.
• Wrong decisions due to missing connections
  OEE, downtime, and scrap cannot be clearly traced back to causes in the machine, process, or planning.
• Delayed processes & long turnaround times
  Data must be searched for, checked, or re-entered before it can even be analyzed.
• High IT and integration costs
  Every new machine and every new evaluation requires individual interfaces.
• Declining data quality
  Incomplete or contradictory data undermines confidence in key figures and reports.