Analysis and directions of OEE and its integration with different strategic tools

Abstract

The manufacturing industries are among the focused industries of any country according to their contribution to nations’ economies. Therefore, the appropriate utilization of all manufacturing/processing equipment is a high priority. The problem is the complexity to keep all the activities, operations, and use of equipment in synchronization with the reduction of all possible losses and defects. Such losses are becoming the real cause of the investment in the maintenance section of the industrial units. The different versions of established concepts define ‘Maintenance’ as ‘repair of the equipment,’ but this concept covers old and limited dimensions. Therefore, this notion relates the maintenance strategies only as a function of preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance and corrective maintenance. At the basic level of OEE implementation, various process industries of the country are yet unaware of the potential benefits of this strategic tool. The quality and performance-enhancing approaches are being developed based on time management and production loss analysis to get the optimum output from available resources. This study is to mark all the critical strategies associated with sustainable performance and to trace all possible drawbacks while measuring effectiveness through OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness). OEE is a tool of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) without whom the effective utilization of resources is a difficult task. OEE supports the entire perspective on effectiveness uniquely and logically but also improves the life span of the machinery through improvements and monitoring in the maintenance operations and activities. This paper aims to identify the role of different strategies associated with OEE for unceasable production and optimum use of resources. This paper arranges the literature in an organized way and assists to find promising decisions to implement OEE with integrated concepts.