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Employee engagement in OEE. It is critical to sustainability.

Posted by Tracy Robertson on Fri, Jan 08, 2010
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Mistake proofing, or poke yoke, is commonly known as a technique for ensuring an assembly process is done in the correct manner however there are other "mistakes" that happen on the shop floor with equally serious consequences.

Over production, below-rate run speed, prolonged setup times, material-handling delays, etc. are mistakes that cost a manufacturing organization time and money.

Engaging your employees through the provision of real time machine truth data drives change in the correct direction and shines the light on the real issues impacting performance and profitability, e.g. Downtime, Idle, Setup.

TAKE THE BLINKERS OFF.


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