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Technical Audit

Nearly all production plants have the same problems: set-up times, waiting for materials, breakdowns, downtime, deviations from the planned quantity and idle periods all result in losses which become a considerable cost factor in the long run.

OEE – a revealing figure

The different losses are summed up in the Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE = availability x level of efficiency x level of quality) rating, a key figure which was created during the development of the Total Productive Maintenance concept. This key figure is getting more and more important, as a high OEE is vital for the productivity and competitiveness of a company.

Optimizing production processes can reduce some of the previously mentioned losses. To be able to do this, the weak points need to be known, as the causes of the losses are as different as the losses themselves. However, during daily production, it is often not possible to identify and eliminate performance stoppers.

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For more information please contact:

Norbert Opaczek
Phone +49 7951 402 519
norbert.opaczek@bosch.com
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