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13 August 2025
This article shows how a lean Excel model turns raw shift inputs into OEE, OOE, and TEEP without new software. 
12 August 2025

OEE, OOE, and TEEP answer different parts of that problem. Pick the right metric when capacity is your constraint

11 August 2025
Changeovers are one of the easiest forms of waste to expose, yet they’re often left untouched because managers think they need expensive systems, outside consultants, or weeks of analysis.
08 August 2025
Scrap Cost + Parts-Per-Hour in one lean workbook. Read how-to and download the template.
07 August 2025
This guide nails the middle ground between OEE calculation and top real world-benchmarks - how to collect, how to analyze and act SMART
06 August 2025
Your OEE reads 85 % but you still miss orders. The invisible 6 % hides in micro-stops under five minutes. Find them, fix them, claw back those points.
05 August 2025
Here is how those innocent-looking spreadsheets quietly inflate costs – and what to do before the next line stoppage drains the budget.
04 August 2025
Lean loves stretch goals that are just out of reach. A dynamic OEE grade is more.
01 August 2025
A lean, logic-driven approach to “any job, any time” fabrication
01 August 2025
FOCAS1 is the legacy HSSB-based API – hardware-bound, point-to-point, and only for older controls. FOCAS2 is the Ethernet-based, feature-rich successor. Which is best?

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