Posts tagged "Manufacturing"
6 articles across the Voltrus blog.
This collection brings together every Manufacturing article published on the Voltrus blog. "OEE Benchmarks by Industry: What 60% Actually Means", "How to Calculate OEE: Formula, Worked Example, Common Mistakes", "What Is a MES? Manufacturing Execution Systems in Plain Language": each one is a practical, hands-on guide written for engineers and system integrators. Whether you are choosing between protocols, troubleshooting a connection, or planning an integration, these articles cover the concepts, the trade-offs, and the step-by-step details you need.
OEE Benchmarks by Industry: What 60% Actually Means
Why published OEE benchmarks mislead, directional ranges by industry with the reason each one skews, and how to benchmark your line against itself instead of a textbook number.
Read articleHow to Calculate OEE: Formula, Worked Example, Common Mistakes
The OEE formula broken into availability, performance, and quality, one fully worked shift example with correct arithmetic, and the four mistakes that make OEE numbers lie.
Read articleWhat Is a MES? Manufacturing Execution Systems in Plain Language
What a manufacturing execution system actually does day to day: work orders at the line, traceability, quality checks, OEE per order. Where it sits in the stack, and when a factory needs one.
Read articleOEE Formula Explained: Availability × Performance × Quality With a Worked Example
The OEE formula broken down step by step. How to calculate Availability, Performance, and Quality, a full worked example, the ideal 100% benchmark, and the mistakes that inflate your score.
Read articleHow to Track OEE on the Factory Floor (Without an MES Project)
How to track OEE without buying an MES: machine state classification, downtime reason codes, automatic data capture with sensors, and the step-by-step rollout that takes days, not quarters.
Read articleManufacturing Downtime Tracking: How to Measure, Classify, and Reduce Stops
Manufacturing downtime tracking explained: automatic vs manual capture, machine state classification, downtime reason codes, the Pareto that finds the real losses, and why micro-stops are the hidden killer.
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