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Industry Week: When You Can't Count On Numbers

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Bob Argyle of L2L discusses how numbers can be misleading.


"In the case of manufacturing, it is a common standard to measure plant productivity by looking at Overall Equipment Effectiveness or OEE. It is measured by looking at how effective a plant is running in the areas of availability, performance and quality. However, holding OEE as the primary metric of success for a plant can be problematic and even short sighted."



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Original version: 30 August 2017
Last updated: 14 January 2025
Written by: L2L

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