OEE and the value of time
7 September 2026 Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) has traditionally helped manufacturers quantify where productive capacity is being lost, but the growing availability of machine, process and condition… Read More
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OEE and the circular economy
22 September 2025 The EU has set its sights on carbon neutrality by 2050. The big question for manufacturers is: will your operations accelerate that future or hold… Read More
How OEE monitoring enables real-time analysis of production processes
12 September 2024 Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. It identfies the percentage of productive manufacturing time, helping to pinpoint losses and optimise efficiency. Read More
Sustainable approach allows Remembrance poppy to be automatically assembled faster and more efficiently
9 November 2023 Rockwell Automation has announced that its automation technology sits at the heart of new machines that assemble the Royal British Legion’s new plastic-free poppy. Designed… Read More
Twinning sensors with the Cloud
12 May 2021 SICK has announced that its new LiveConnect web service will be the standard for bringing live data from SICK sensors to their digital twins in… Read More
Digital transformation drives new era of predictive maintenance
22 June 2020 David Bean, solutions manager at Mitsubishi Electric, looks at how digitalisation – through the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things and technologies such as… Read More
Closing the maintenance skills gap
19 May 2020 Maintenance processes are changing, and with them the skillsets needed by maintenance personnel. PWE consultant editor Andy Pye, tracks the march towards advanced technologies, with… Read More
OEE latest issue now available online
30 August 2019 Visit https://www.pmps-digital.com/oee/ to read the latest issue… Read More
Predicting the future of maintenance
9 April 2019 Gernut van Laak, group automation solutions leader of ABB’s Food and Beverage Programme, explains how plant managers can budget for maintenance and ensure optimum efficiency… Read More
Five steps to zero downtime: Downtime is money
9 February 2018 Lee Sullivan, regional manager for industrial automation software company, COPA-DATA UK, explains his five steps towards zero downtime. Few things can damage the financial stability… Read More