by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jan 17, 2022 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Happy New Year! I hope all readers had a pleasant and restful Festive Season. I’m kicking off 2022 with a continuation of my discussion on lagging metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for asset management. Here, we’re turning our attention to Quality,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Dec 13, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In Part 3 of this series (see links below ) on Yield/Speed, the second element of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), we discussed production-induced losses. This week, we address market and/or market- and marketing-induced Yield/Speed losses. One doesn’t commonly...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Dec 4, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series on the second element of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), we discussed Yield/Speed in general, as well as various equipment-related issues of poor yield performance (see links to Parts 1 and 2 below.) This week, we are looking at...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Nov 15, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In Part 1 of this series on the second element of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), we discussed Yield/Speed as the ratio of the actual production rate divided by the Highest Sustained Rate (see ink below). We also raised another important issue about this...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 31, 2021 | RAM Tools & Methods
Let’s start with some recapping: In Part 5 of this series on Availability (see links to all parts below) we addressed market- and marketing-induced causes for “unavailability,” with a focus on undersold capacity. In this concluding installment, our...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 24, 2021 | RAM Tools & Methods
In Part 4 of this series on Availability, the first element of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), we focused on production-induced causes for “unavailability.” (See links to previous installments below.) This week, we will be turning our attention to...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 11, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Let’s re-cap previous parts of this series. When I initially addressed Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), I challenged the conventional approach for describing the metric and even challenged the its name (see link below). I much prefer the term...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Sep 27, 2021 | Newsletter Column, Plant Operations
While always important, equipment performance and reliability have become even more so as businesses deal with the onslaught of post-pandemic challenges. Is your equipment doing what it’s supposed to do, first time, every time? What causes poor performance?...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 27, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In my last article for The RAM Review (see link below), I introduced the Availability metric and discussed how to account for planned unavailability. Availability, Yield/Speed, and Quality are the three elements of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metric,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 13, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In last week’s article (Sept. 5, 2021, see link below), we introduced Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). It’s the product of multiplying three input elements (Availability, Yield/Speed, and Quality) to arrive at a number representing the performance of...
