#OEE
Manufacturing intelligence insights

OEE
How to Use OEE to Find and Fix Losses That Matter
OEE shows how effectively scheduled production time was used, not how much you made. See what OEE is, what it is not, and how to use it to find and fix the losses that matter.
Adam Singer7 min read

Getting Started
How to choose factory monitoring software in 2026
Five things to judge it on, in order, so you end up with a tool that is live and trusted on the shop floor in weeks rather than a stalled project.
Jeff MacLeod9 min read

OEE
From spreadsheets to live OEE: a 90-day shop floor rollout
How a packaged-goods producer moved from end-of-shift recaps to live, shop-floor-visible performance without replacing a controller.
Jeff MacLeod4 min read

Downtime
Downtime: why the five-minute stop is the expensive one
Short, frequent stops rarely get logged, yet they often cost more than the big breakdown everyone remembers.
Adam Singer4 min read