Discover how to revolutionize your factory through OEE and thus take the first steps towards industry 4.0.
All major transformations have a starting point and Industry 4.0 is no different. It is clear that each of the technological stages and tools present in the “New Industrial Revolution” are extremely important. All of them, with their peculiarities, contribute to making your factory more efficient and integrated. However, today we will talk about the beginning of everything, the initial step towards this new reality for industries.
Thinking in the context of the factory floor, there is a concern that unites all sectors, teams and employees of the company. A parameter that has the power to change everything that happens or stops happening, being the reason for the vast majority of investments and improvements, EFFICIENCY.
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How to improve the efficiency of my factory
A more efficient factory has less waste, less expenses, produces more and, consequently, makes more profit as well. Therefore, making the industry more efficient is not only the mission of BMS, but it is also the goal of all workers in the industrial sector, especially managers.
Therefore, we can understand why improving efficiency is the first major goal of any company in the area. And when we talk about efficiency, we can't help but mention OEE, or “Overall Equipment Effectiveness”, in translation: Global Equipment Efficiency.
This is the main indicator of the effectiveness of a piece of equipment, being widely used in industries, due to its great capacity to not only identify drops in the productivity of a machine, but also to help discover where the failure is. This is because its application method gives us a complete overview of:
– How long the equipment produced in relation to the available period;
– How fast it produced, during the time it was running;
– Of the items produced, how much were within the expected specifications.
With all this in hand, it is much easier to find opportunities and needs for improvement, enabling more accurate and informed decision-making, always thinking about the best for the organization.
But this entire process is not so simple, as manual data collection, data processing and analysis of results can be compromised by procedural failures, incorrect calculations, typing errors, among many other variables.
And that's where technological solutions applied to the industry come in. The search for efficiency is the point of contact between new technologies and industrial activity.
The role of technology in this process
With automated and integrated systems, none of the process of surveying and processing parameters is done manually. Each of the items is constantly monitored, generating functioning, productivity and quality reports, which eliminates not only inconsistencies, but also waiting time, since everything happens much faster.
O BMS Manufacturing 360 is an example of such a system. With it, it is possible to manage the entire production line digitally, remotely and instantly, enabling an increase of up to 30% in OEE. In addition, the software offers integration with other systems and connection IoT, replacing complex installations.
Increasing the efficiency of your factory means changing the level of your production and for that, you need to have tools that offer all this support.
Therefore, if we had to choose the first step to insert your factory in 'Industry 4.0', it would certainly be the implementation of a production analysis and control system.
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