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.

6 articles

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.

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How 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.

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What 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.

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OEE 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.

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How 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.

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Manufacturing 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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