AI & BI use case · Business Intelligence

Production & OEE Reporting

Availability, quality and performance as a metric instead of gut feeling.

What it's about

We build OEE reporting that combines machine data from MES systems with scrap and downtime data. Plant managers and shift leads see bottlenecks and quality issues before they turn into outages.

  • Transparency on actual machine utilization.
  • Faster detection of quality problems.
  • Comparability between lines and plants.
Business case & ROI
+8 %

OEE improvement in pilot plant

−25 %

unplanned downtime

täglich

instead of weekly evaluation

x 3

faster root-cause analysis

Calculated from additional production time from less downtime versus project cost.

How we do it
  1. 01

    Machine assessment

    We check which machines already deliver data and where sensors are missing.

  2. 02

    Define OEE

    Availability, performance and quality are defined consistently plant-wide.

  3. 03

    MES connection

    Machine and downtime data are connected from the MES.

  4. 04

    Shopfloor dashboards

    Shift leads get dashboards directly at the line.

  5. 05

    Continuous improvement

    OEE data feeds into the continuous improvement process.

5

Steps

6

Data sources

4

Stakeholders

From first data access to production – every step delivers a tangible interim result.

Data typically needed

Machine data

Cycle, runtime and fault data from the MES system.

Quality data

Scrap and rework rates from the quality system.

Order data

Manufacturing orders and target quantities from the ERP.

Shift plans

Staffing and shift plans to attribute downtime.

Maintenance data

Maintenance plans and fault reports from the maintenance system.

Sensor data

Temperature, pressure or vibration readings from individual machines.

Stakeholders
  • Plant management

    Compares lines and plants using consistent OEE figures.

  • Shift leads

    Reacts directly at the line to identified bottlenecks.

  • Maintenance

    Prioritizes maintenance based on actual fault frequency.

  • Executive management

    Sees productivity development across plants.

Typical business value
01

Transparency on actual machine utilization.

02

Faster detection of quality problems.

03

Comparability between lines and plants.

04

Better basis for investment decisions.

05

Fewer manual shift logs and Excel lists.

The data platform advantage

With a solid data foundation this use case gets faster, cheaper and far more stable.

Unified data models make plants and lines comparable.

Real-time MES connectivity delivers current metrics.

Historized data enables trend and root-cause analysis.

A scalable architecture allows rollout to further plants.

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Synergies & positive side effects

Management cockpit

OEE metrics become visible across plants in the management cockpit.

Supply-chain reporting

Production data improves delivery-reliability forecasts in the supply chain.

Predictive maintenance

The same machine data serves as a basis for predictive maintenance.