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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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    7 Strategies to Improve OEE
    MachineMetrics / July 30, 2018
    Updated April 23, 2021 How to Improve OEE and Boost Plant Productivity In manufacturing terminology, OEE stands for Overall Equipment Efficiency. Measuring OEE is considered a best practice among...

    OEE Software: 5 Red Flags it's Time to Invest in a Prod...
    MachineMetrics / May 25, 2016
    If you’re hearing a lot about real-time OEE Software these days, there’s a reason for it. Manufacturers across many different industries - from small shops to fortune 500 companies - are quickly...

    The OEE Few are Talking About: Overall Employee Engagem...
    MachineMetrics / March 14, 2016
    “A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected. ” A company is like an engine. It has to be firing on all cylinders. When something is out of sync it becomes obvious. The...

    MachineMetrics New Feature - Machine Downtime Categoriz...
    MachineMetrics / September 15, 2015
    MachineMetrics is focused on tracking production performance by collecting and visualizing data from machines so that operators and managers can make fast and informative decisions backed by real and...
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