My Machine: Monitor OEE Effortlessly

It is often said that “Small is beautiful”. Yes, it is. But Prime Minister Modi’s “Make in India” drive will not allow Indian manufacturers to remain small over the next 20 years!

The rush is already on. Several European and American OEMs have set up global sourcing centres in India, hunting for good manufacturers.

When a machine shop is small, with 5–8 machines, monitoring the CNC machines is quite easy using manual tracking methods. But as the number of machines, locations and components/variants increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to monitor the equipment’s efficiency.

MyMachine: cloud-based machine monitoring

At Distinct Productivity Solutions, we developed a cloud-based machine monitoring system that monitors production, rejection, idle time, operator performance and more on a real-time basis, and effortlessly displays the OEE at any given point in time. It also captures the top 3 idle-time losses and the top 3 rejection losses.

• 01ProductionLive part counts per machine, shift and component.
• 02RejectionsRejections captured as they happen — with the top 3 rejection losses.
• 03Idle timeEvery stoppage logged — with the top 3 idle-time losses.
• 04Operator performanceOutput and efficiency by operator and shift.
• 05OEE, effortlesslyOverall Equipment Effectiveness at any given point in time.

Backed by research

MyMachine is the result of research by our associate Dr. Prathima Holla, a researcher in the area of Industry 4.0. Her research paper, based on a study of our machine shop, is published by Taylor & Francis and gives more insight into how productivity can be enhanced by about 10% to 15% by implementing MyMachine solutions.

Read the research article: https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2020.1718762