OEE-Improvement by Artificial or Human Intelligence?
In the future, human and machine in the form of human and artificial intelligence or skills will share the work of increasing equipment productivity. Where are the tasks of the …
Rethinking the Definition of Changeover Time in SMED with the Help of Artificial Intelligence
Changeover times play a major role within the losses of equipment effectiveness. The Toyota Production System devotes a significant chapter to reducing changeover losses with the SMED methodology. But how …
Artificial Intelligence for OEE
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and neural networks are major topics in the future of industrial productivity. Much is discussed at the headline level. In this article, we’ll give you an …
Increase equipment productivity through shop floor workflows
Productivity improvements are a perennial favorite in the manufacturing industry. Whether costs should be lowered to increase competitiveness, the required labor simply is not available or an equipment has become …
Podcast Interview with Joern Steinbeck, founder of oee.ai
In addition to his work as a consultant at the Institute for Productivity KG in Aachen, Germany, Joern Steinbeck is also the founder of oee.ai. He was interviewed by Ravi …
Smart Factory @ Consumer Goods at Porsche’s Leipzig Plant
At the end of November 2018 we had, represented by our managing director and co-founder Prof. Dr. Markus Focke, the opportunity to give a keynote at the Smart Factory @ …
OEE Analysis with Artificial Intelligence
The data flow of plant productivity is speaking, but we humans do not listen. In the future, artificial intelligence will be able to identify the signal in the noise, that …
A hurdle race to the OEE data
Hardware development is a complex undertaking. What applies to established companies such as Apple, is only right for start-ups validity. If a start-up with little previous experience, a small team …
Voice Control for Industry 4.0: Giving OEE a Voice
The voice control of Alexa, Siri, Cortana and Co conquers after the private household now the industry. A natural voice input of data or voice control of commands without a …
OEE Anomaly Detection through Machine Learning
Machine data is one of the fastest growing areas of so-called “big data” in companies – and parts of this machine data can be used to calculate the OEE. The …