Productivity Up Over 30% with SpencerMetrics CONNECT

• The original output could be maintained with 92 fewer hours per month — that’s 11 fewer shifts each month.
• If the additional units could be sold at an incremental profit of 2¢ each, the increase would amount to more than $14,000 a month.

Prior to using CONNECT, the OEE of the six presses ranged from about 31% to 60%; the average OEE was 42.8.

Over the following six weeks, management was able to identify best practices, and further find the root causes of excessive downtime.

When using CONNECT, productivity of each press increased, resulting in an OEE range of 56% to 80%. Average OEE increased to 66.5 — a 55% gain.

During the first six weeks’ use of CONNECT, management increased the average press production rate from 5,813 units to 7,663 units an hour — a 31.8% production gain.

As previously noted: a shop running two shifts a day, 5.5 days a week, could eliminate 2.5 shifts a week and still maintain the original production rate. Or, if additional production could be sold at 2 cents profit, monthly profit would increase $14,000 per press.