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Make Gains Stick with the Continuous Improvement Tracker

You ran the kaizen event. You saw the improvement. But two months later… is anything actually different? It’s a challenge every CI leader faces. Gains made during Lean or Six Sigma initiatives often
MachineMetrics / Jun 05, 2025

Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Execution with the...

Manufacturing schedules look great on paper—until they meet the real world. Every day, jobs run late. Machines sit idle. Priorities shift. And despite everyone’s best efforts, it’s hard to answer one
MachineMetrics / May 28, 2025

Real-Time Job Tracking Delivers Clarity to the Chaos of the...

Even the most capable ERP system can only tell you what was planned. It can’t tell you what’s actually happening on the floor, right now. For most discrete manufacturers, job tracking still relies on
MachineMetrics / May 21, 2025

Tariffs & the Factory: What Plant Leaders Can Do to Fight...

Executive Snapshot Tariff policy has shifted sharply in the past 18 months, squeezing margins for U.S. discrete-manufacturing plants. Metal duties remain in force, a new 25% levy on imported vehicles
MachineMetrics / May 01, 2025
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    OEE as Your New Financial KPI
    MachineMetrics / June 24, 2021
    Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is often seen as a manufacturing KPI metric. Yet it can be a financial key performance indicator for executives as well. Better still, instead of a lagging...

    Tips to Increase Production Capacity and Maximize Manuf...
    MachineMetrics / May 13, 2021
    Most companies place a high value on the ability to increase production capacity. And it’s especially valuable to do so if added equipment costs can be avoided. After all, the nature of manufacturing...

    OEE Software: How to Monitor, Track & Improve Productiv...
    MachineMetrics / April 02, 2021
    Manufacturing operations can no longer rely solely on manual interventions and archaic tracking methods. In today's data-driven world, software solutions have emerged as a vital tool for factory...

    How OEE Software Improves Production Efficiency
    MachineMetrics / December 30, 2021
    Key Takeaways: OEE software helps manufacturers measure and improve production efficiency. Identifying downtime, quality losses, and performance gaps drives continuous improvement. Real-time OEE...

    Overall Equipment Effectiveness: A Comprehensive Guide
    MachineMetrics / March 11, 2020
    What is Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)? Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) provides a means to measure the percentage of productive planned manufacturing time. By measuring OEE, you gain...
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