Visual guides for people who live on the shop floor
OEE, maintenance, quality and industrial management explained with real numbers, drawings and calculators — based on 20 years of experience in the plants of world leaders.
From measurement to results
From what OEE is to the connected plant: read in order or jump straight to the topic that matters to you.
What is OEE and how it impacts the final product cost
A month has 720 hours. Your line truly produces in 331. Understand OEE, calculate it in 4 steps, meet the invisible losses and see how much each efficiency point changes cost per ton — with a calculator.
OEE calculator: formula, worked example and what each point is worth
Availability, performance and quality in seconds, the 3 losses in minutes and the value of 1 OEE point on your line — with Excel formulas.
OEE never walks alone: what 2 billion units reveal about safety, maintenance and quality
25 lines, 285 days, data straight from the PLCs. Which indicators move with OEE — and which have nothing to do with it. With an interactive correlation map and a post-stop ramp simulator.
MES ROI: how to calculate the return of an MES system
How much is each OEE point worth, and how much of it becomes cash? A step-by-step method, with a worked example, a calculator and the mistakes that most distort the numbers.
MES, CMMS, SPC, LMS, CIL, Warehouse: which system solves each plant problem
Too many acronyms, too little clarity. This guide starts from the plant problem — unexplained stops, late preventive work, paper quality records, expired training — and shows which system solves it.
Coming next
- Why CMMS matters for plant efficiency
- Contractor management with AI document validation
