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OEE

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

abbreviationCore term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, OEE means: Short for overall equipment effectiveness: a percentage that shows how well a machine is used, calculated as availability × performance × quality.

In Turkish: toplam ekipman etkinliği, OEE

How it is used

One of the main KPIs in manufacturing, shown on boards and dashboards. Teams measure, track and improve OEE. The three factors show where losses come from: stops, slow running or defects. A figure of 85% is often quoted as world class.

Example sentences

  1. OEE on line 2 was 64% last month: availability 80%, performance 90%, quality 89%.

  2. The main reason for our low OEE is long changeovers.

Common collocations

  • improve OEE
  • OEE target
  • calculate OEE
  • OEE dashboard
  • downtimeTime when a machine or line is not producing even though it is scheduled to, because of a breakdown, a changeover, missing material or another problem.
  • TPMShort for total productive maintenance: an approach in which operators and maintenance staff share responsibility for keeping equipment in top condition, aiming for no breakdowns, defects or accidents.
  • utilizationThe percentage of available time that a machine, person or plant is actually busy working.
  • throughputThe number of good units a process, line or plant actually produces in a period of time, such as parts per hour.

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