2. Money making suggestions from the
shop floor
General Motors: workers suggested
44,000 ideas in just one quarter and
one plant saved $900K using
employee suggestions. Employee
suggestions have been effective in
reducing the time it takes to assemble
a vehicle by 15%
• Japan Railways bottled water business
• Marriott airline catering business
• Nutrasweet
• Swan Vestas
• Post-It notes
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
4. Proven Track Record in the Food
Industry
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5. Workshop
• What is OEE and why is it important?
• What role do people play in improving OEE?
• How do we motivate people?
• How can technology help?
• Summing up
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
6. What is OEE and why is it important?
• A standard index of manufacturing efficiency
• Based on...
• Utilisation
• Line availability
• Manufacturing performance
• Product quality
• Why use it....
• Compare performance within industrial sectors
• Measure of continuous improvement on a line or within a site
• Highlight inefficiencies
• Drive improvements in efficiency
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
7. How do we engage and inspire our
people?
• Take their ideas and suggestions seriously
• Keep them informed
• Reward them.... money, time off
• Provide a safe, healthy and interesting working
environment
• Tell them (and others) when they’ve done well
• ..........
• ......
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8. What role do people play in
improving OEE?
• Line Operators
• Team Leaders
• Operations Managers
• Board of Directors
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9. How can technology help?
• Technology is useful but not always essential
• Speed of response is usually important
• IT systems can help in two ways
• Gathering data
• Providing information
..... BUT ease of use
and context are
ESSENTIAL
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10. How can technology help?
• Gathering data
• How?
• What?
• Disseminating Information
• How?
• What?
• When?
• To whom?
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
11. How can technology help?
• IT Systems
• Alerts
• Andon message boards
• On line suggestion app
• Line side operator Touch Screen PCs
• Dashboards
• Scheduled reports
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
13. Summing up
• Identify....
• Inefficient areas of operation
• People who can influence improvements
• Provide....
• Information
• Minute by minute at the production line
• Week by week at the Board Room
• Tools to facilitate and monitor improvements
• Deliver....
• A motivated and engaged workforce
• Significant and sustainable improvements in OEE
KEEPING INDUSTRY MOVING AND IMPROVING...
Brief explanation of Idhammar Systems and John Roberts
This is an interactive session and I am hoping that we can use it to share experiences
I’m assuming that most people here understand OEE but for those who don’t...How many here use OEE?What results do you get? Are they useful?How do you collect data, manual or automatic?
What motivational initiatives are in place at your organisations...List feedback on flip chart
Line operators: identify inefficiencies, rapid responseTeam leaders: allocate more resourcesOperations Managers: Study trends change Corporate Management: allocate funds, define strategy
Computers can be a turn offEase of use is Idhammars BIG THING
How is information required to be captured and what do we need?Flipchart.... Product & waste count, number of people working on the line. Stoppage events, CCPs, Quality checks, suggestionsHow is information required to be disseminated and what do we want to see?Flipchart.... Unexpected stoppages, line performance, trends by line and time, Improvement project progress
Many options availableWhat technology is in use with the audience?Depends on the IT environment: WiFi
Key information made available in real timeNote the early/late finish optionCan be counter productive in some cases..... Competitive information will encourage