Practical tutorials, formulas, and spreadsheets to help plant managers, CI engineers, and operators succeed.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. Learn the formulas, loss models, and how to build a calculator in Excel.
Unplanned machine stoppages are the biggest drain on plant profitability. Learn how to structure Excel logs, calculate availability loss, and categorize downtime effectively.
Reliability engineers use MTBF and MTTR to predict machine uptime. Learn the exact formulas to calculate both metrics in Excel with step-by-step templates.
Takt time is the heartbeat of a lean production system. Learn how to use simple Excel formulas to calculate customer demand pacing and keep operations synchronized.
The 80/20 rule is a powerful downtime tool. Learn how to organize defect lists in Excel to automatically build Pareto charts and prioritize continuous improvement projects.
