Burlington, Ontario -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/08/2010 -- Manufacturing journalist TR Cutler contributed a feature article in the current issue of Quality Digest about Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness with lean and Value Stream Mapping. Cutler suggests OEE enables focusing on the critical issues that produce real benefits importance of using real-time data to assess, measure, and improve factory floor performance.
Memex Automation is profiled in the feature article which describes a company with a particular machine that was only performing at a 30 percent overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and backlogged with thousands of parts, which caused downstream production to be starved, a classic bottleneck effect throughout the plant. The firm sought a technology solution to help identify the exact cycle time of the machine and gain insight into the process flow (as well as the decision-making flow). Memex Automation offered OEE quantification metrics directly at the machine through hardware and software. Within 48 hours of the implementation the manufacturing engineers were able to reduce waste relative to downtime, labor, energy, and raw materials, and increased OEE by 100 percent. The technology enabled real-time production reporting for more reliable and accurate data, as well as significantly increasing visibility into day-to-day operations with a resultant benefit of increased collaboration between operators, engineers, and production.
About Memex Automation Inc.
Memex Automation Inc., http://www.memex.ca, a unit of Astrix Networks Inc., was created to leverage the research and development of Memex Electronics, which was founded in 1992. Memex continues its tradition of serving the discrete manufacturing sector, supplying component hardware, memory upgrades, and visionary shop floor communication technology. Memex Automation products are “Automating the Automation” allowing a manufacturer to increase productivity and decrease costs. Memex Automation focuses on delivering value with Real-Time Machine Monitoring and Control, which utilizes OEE+DNC solutions that boost efficiency by up to fifty percent with minimal capital investment. Memex Automation is based in Burlington, Ontario.
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