Machine performance tracking

Effective performance tracking: optimization through OEE and TEEP

autfactory is the software for real-time monitoring and optimization of your machine performance: It automatically collects data, calculates relevant key figures, and identifies potential for increasing the efficiency of your production. For more output, less downtime, and increased availability.

Two key performance indicators in this context are overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and total effective equipment productivity (TEEP). A sound understanding of these key figures helps to identify and successfully implement targeted measures to optimize production efficiency.

autfactory vs. Excel

A machine with 85% OEE sounds impressive. But in reality, even the best individual value is of little use if a manual workstation slows things down or the material flow comes to a standstill. The key factor is not the OEE of a machine, but the performance of the entire line. In every production process, the following applies: if one station stops, the entire value chain stops. Every standstill 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

OEE = Overall Equipment Effectiveness

OEE determines the performance during planned production times and downtimes due to unplanned stoppages. This means that factors such as maintenance, breaks, public holidays and weekends or vacations are taken into account before the calculation. Production downtimes are only determined during planned production times. This key figure is therefore primarily suitable for recognizing and initiating a possible improvement in output.

TEEP = Total Effective Equipment Performance

TEEP, on the other hand, determines the maximum output with current effectiveness, i.e. assumes that a system is in operation 24 hours a day. This key figure is suitable for recognizing whether additional production times would make it possible to increase production or whether an additional system would be required.

Let’s take your production to the next level together. Thanks to the automated data collection of our autfactory, the causes of losses can be identified and unused potential recognized. The data obtained can be used to initiate processes for continuous improvement
(CIP) in order to permanently increase productivity and optimize output. Whether in the home office or in production, on the tablet or on the PC – all data can be evaluated directly live. All you need is a web browser.

Get even more out of your production data and combine machine performance tracking with autfactory’s automated root cause analysis and early warning system!

Your benefits:

• Minimization of costs
• Increased profit
• Reduction of unplanned downtime
• Reliable planning
• Process optimization