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Can my plant REALLY justify OEE (Peformance Improvement) Software?

Friday, 10 December 2010 Posted by Larry Claussen Category WingBlog 0 comment

Dear Larry,

I believe I need an OEE program and software to increase output at my plant, but I just CAN'T put my finger on what I'll accomplish in the real world!   How about a rough idea of what I should expect?

Signed,

Potential OEE Guy.
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Dear Potential,

That's a great question!  It doesn't have an easy answer, but let me tell you about my experience.  The results we see vary significantly based on the applications, how well each customer's systems are performing before the OEE program is implemented and how proactive the customers are in implementing changes.  The return on investment time frame also varies, but in all well implemented projects I've seen, the ROI is less than one year, and many times way less.

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