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October 03, 2009 - The calculation of OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) plays a big role in determining the efficiency of the plant operations. It reflects how well the investments in machine and people resources are being utilized. It measures the quantity and quality of output. It gives one number that can be measured and compared at individual machine level.
In the past businesses operated more on functional responsibilities – Plant Manager responsible for plant operations, Material Managers responsible for inventory, purchasing responsible for getting the best prices from suppliers and DC (distribution center) managers responsible for holding inventory for sales. This worked well when companies were producing to stock and using marketing to drive sales for what they produced.
In today’s environment of ever changing demand patterns, complex supply chains, distributed production capabilities and global marketplace, it is not optimal to view these metrics individually and in different systems. By adding an OEE calculation, Ultriva now provides all the key continuous improvement factors in real-time from single data source.
Ultriva is successfully deploying OEE at a leading customer, Trane, across all five plants. Trane has been using Ultriva’s internal Kanban at over fifty work centers across these plants. Now they intend to use this module at individual machine level by sequencing the operations and facilitating OEE calculations at machine level.
According to Narayan Laksham, CEO of Ultriva, “Ultriva continues to add modules that drive lean methodologies across manufacturing companies. By enabling manufacturing cells to optimally sequence productions based on actual demands, Ultriva is now providing powerful metrics for continuous improvement through Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) module. Over the years Ultriva optimized the material flow using Electronic Kanban for just-in-time replenishment and now delivering solutions to migrate the factory floor to demand driven manufacturing model.”
About Ultriva
Ultriva Inc. designs lean manufacturing software and solutions that drive lean processes across the supply chain, from suppliers to customers. Ultriva's flagship product, Ultriva Electronic Kanban, eliminates stock-outs while reducing inventory levels up to 75 percent. Ultriva Lean Scheduling complements demand-driven replenishment strategies by optimizing production schedules in real time around the most variable customer demand. Ultriva Supplier Replenishment extends the replenishment capabilities of Kanban to include schedule-based replenishment, discrete POs, min/max, consignment and VMI (vendor-managed inventory) replenishment methods. Ultriva's products are in use in more than 100 plants worldwide, incorporating more than 4,000 suppliers, transacting over one billion dollars of inventory and reducing manufacturing costs for industry leaders such as AGCO, Emerson, Ingersoll-Rand, McKesson, Rexnord, and Timken.
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