MRM (MACHINE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT)

MRM and Online OEE

MRM/Online OEE is an electronic system that collects real time production data from
all types of machinery showing you how available your equipment is, its performance and what is produced in terms of quality.

With OEE real-time monitoring and reporting, production managers gain a clear picture on operational performance per machine/line/shift.

What is OEE?

OEE is a way to monitor and improve the efficiency of manufacturing processes.

OEE takes the most common and important sources of manufacturing productivity
loss, fits them into three main categories (availability, performance, quality) and quantifies them to provide a practical framework for measuring your status.

This gives unique insights into possible improvements at all levels (machines,
lines, resources).

OEE is a common key metric in TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), Six Sigma
and Lean Manufacturing programs providing a consistent way to measure the effectiveness of these initiatives.

How Does MRM/Online OEE Work?

MRM/Online OEE connects with production machinery and PLCs, monitors their status and associates it with the types of losses already assigned by the company.

MRM/Online OEE processes this information, calculates the availability, performance and quality metrics and provides reports on OEE per machine, line and shift.

Availability is calculated by tracking all unplanned downtimes caused by breakdowns, failures, material shortages, set-ups and adjustments.

Performance is calculated by tracking all speed losses caused by minor stoppages, misfeeds, jams, etc. Quality is calculated by tracking all defective parts caused by improperly maintained equipment, operator errors and incorrect settings.

Why MRM/Online OEE?

• Gain a clear picture on operational performance per machine/line/shift
• Discover opportunities for increased throughput
• Increase personnel productivity by reducing paperwork
• Eliminate quality costs associated with scrap and rework
• Easy-to-use
• Paperless reporting
• Web-based solution
• Quick implementation
• Online data acquisition
• Flexibility: MRM/Online OEE can be applied to a single machine, to a line or
  to a whole factory

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