Oee reporting can obviously be very beneficial in a manufacturing environment. One collection of entry screens that are often times overlooked in many OEE reporting platforms are quality entry screens and reporting systems to monitor and track corrective actions and to trend the outcomes of corrective actions. Many production performance reporting systems contain a layer to record downtime and scrap data and then the data is presented in a pareto chart or in detail and summary paper reports. One of the things that many systems often miss is the ability to report on how the actions of plant personnel are affecting the scrap or downtime.

A couple of systems that you might want to take a look at include the Tuppas manufacturing framework. Tuppas offers a browser based product that can be used for downtime reporting and scrap reporting and their systems also include a layer for reporting and tracking corrective actions.

Oee is obviously worth understanding but if your team is not actively taking measures to reduce downtime and defects then the system is really only reporting the fact that the process is not improving. A corrective actions layer can help your team identify and correct the problem areas in your process. Systems arranged in this way are also very useful to your team on the shop floor. They can be used to put the information into the hands of the team members that can influence change. There are a collection of successful manufacturing companies that put these systems into the hands of the shop floor workers.

When these simplified versions of corrective actions based systems are given to team members on the plant floor they can study the reporting and implement measures to correct their downtime and defect issues. This puts the power to improve the process into the hands of the team on the floor. It’s a good step to take if you’re interested in creating lean systems that allow your manufacturing team to do continuous improvement.