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Module 03 / Performance

Your OEE, without the spreadsheet safari

Most plants compute OEE once a month from three spreadsheets, and nobody quite trusts the number. Frontlink measures it live from machine counters while production runs, and shows exactly where the losses hide.

Downtime capture

Downtime writes itself

Paper downtime logs get filled in at the end of the shift, from memory, if at all.

Frontlink detects every stop from the counters and asks for one thing only: the reason. One tap on the operator screen and the log is complete, timestamped, and honest.

Loss analysis

Attack the biggest leak first

Without numbers, downtime discussions run on anecdotes and on whoever complained last.

Captured reasons roll up into a pareto per line, shift, or week. The biggest bar is the biggest lever, and the discussion changes from opinions to minutes.

Use cases

Problems this solves

Performance closes the loop

Losses found here become better plans and cheaper batches: what performance measures, planning and costing put to work.

Questions

Common questions

How does Frontlink calculate OEE?

From machine counters: availability times performance times quality, computed live per line and per order. No spreadsheet assembly and no monthly archaeology.

What if operators forget to log downtime?

The stop itself can't be forgotten: Frontlink detects it from the counters automatically. The operator only adds the reason with one tap, and open stops stay visible until someone does.

Do we need perfect data to start?

No. Start with the counters you have. Availability and performance show up immediately, and reason capture grows shift by shift as operators tap along.

Find your biggest loss this month

Book a demo and see OEE computed live from machine counters instead of spreadsheets.

OEE Software with Automatic Downtime Tracking | Frontlink