ICE OEE®

ICE OEE®

Get fact-based information and optimise production with ICE OEE®. Improve production results, achieve more efficient production, and minimise downtime and waste. Get automated data registration and manual data registration – and any combination in between.

ICE OEE® is the Overall Equipment Effectiveness solution for your optimisation needs

ICE OEE® explained

What is OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)?

OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness and is a best practices metric for working with productivity in discrete manufacturing. Essentially, Overall Equipment Effectiveness is calculated by comparing what has been produced to what could have been produced if all equipment had been running perfectly.

If you do not work with fact-based information, e.g. if you do not work with OEE, you risk spending long hours on fruitless discussions about the reasons for equipment downtime. This results in time and effort being wasted on discussing the causes of loss instead of focusing on solutions to improve effectiveness.

An OEE solution makes it possible to display manufacturing capacity potential and create an overview of areas to improve by identifying the exact causes behind the loss of equipment effectiveness. OEE thus also enables manufacturers to determine the cost of each cause. This makes OEE an excellent tool for optimising manufacturing performance.

Working effectively with OEE requires a good understanding of and clear goals for what you want to achieve. However, when used methodically and with discipline, OEE is an effective method that can produce great results.

ICE is ready to help you get started and achieve excellent results with ICE OEE®.

Get fact-based information and optimise production with ICE OEE®

ICE OEE® is a powerful OEE solution for live-monitoring of equipment. ICE OEE® makes it possible to improve production results and achieve more efficient production by minimising downtime and waste.

ICE OEE® provides:

• Automated data registration, manual data registration, and any combination in between
• Real-time monitoring and display of OEE data
• Fast integration to equipment – typically with no changes to control systems and no production downtime
• Opportunity to stay competitive with continuous improvement

Option to combine automated data registration with manual data registration

In addition to fully automated data registration, ICE OEE® also supports manual data entry. This is particularly useful when working with OEE in improvement campaigns where you may want to increase the level of detail of data registration during the campaign and then collapse it again once the campaign has finished.

Automated data registration provides accurate, objective data collection without burdening operators with manual data entry. When data cannot be registered automatically in a given area, operators may use manual data entry to register reasons for loss if needed.

View OEE data in real time and minimise downtime and waste

With ICE OEE®, operators can view OEE data in real time, allowing them to react immediately to OEE trends to improve results during a shift. The solution is easy and intuitive to operate, making it easy to get an overview, as well as to drill down and analyse data.

ICE OEE® features a graphic overview of machine performance and bottlenecks. 

The solution:

• Provides waterfall diagrams, pareto view, and user-friendly symbols
• Enables the configuration of views in big-screen displays
• Correlates OEE data to optional parameters such as batches, products, and configurations

This minimises time and effort wasted on fruitless discussions about the reasons for effectiveness loss. Instead, you are able to focus on solutions for improving equipment effectiveness.

Get fast integration and a scalable solution with minimum overhead

ICE OEE® is a hardware independent solution that can run on any device that has a browser. This makes it easy to access, use, and share information.

ICE OEE® is:

• A scalable solution from single equipment to multiple sites worldwide
• Low maintenance – the solution is easy to maintain and administer with minimum overhead required
• Fast and easy to integrate to equipment and other IT systems – typically with no changes to control systems and no production downtime

These features drastically reduce the time and resources spent on IT operations.

Stay competitive with continuous improvement

ICE OEE® is a powerful tool for continuous improvement. With clear goals for and a good understanding of what you want to achieve, the solution enables you to identify opportunities for streamlining production.

ICE OEE® encourages production teams to look for opportunities to optimise production and enhance operation. Empowered with fact-based information, teams are able to identify the exact reasons for loss of equipment effectiveness.

When always on the lookout for opportunities for improvement, teams are able to create significant improvements over time, enabling you to continue to grow your competitiveness.