Chronic losses caused by a machine condition or deterioration are often not bad enough to stop a machine working and so operators tend to carry on.
However, these conditions will often lead to an operator running a machine that is in this state, at a lower speed so that it does not ‘break down’. This leads to continual under-performance a thus significant losses.
Our partner OEE UK has a simple 3 step approach to converting this lost time into valuable production
- Measure and track those losses – involving your front line team
- Understand the root cause of those losses and put in place disciplines such as “Clean & Inspect”
- Apply condition monitoring techniques and know when to intervene and when not to “over-correct”
