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FOREWORD

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) began to be recognized as a fundamental method for measuring plant performance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a period that saw the emergence of serious big company maintenance benchmarking, the introduction of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in America, and the founding of the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals.

At first, OEE was closely bound to TPM and often was seen as a vague defining measurement for winning the TPM Prize. Then, as more practitioners were exposed to OEE in TPM-related articles and seminars, it was viewed as a standalone tool for measuring true performance by merging performance indicators for availability, efficiency, and quality.

OEE came to be further valued as a change agent for bringing maintenance, operations, and engineering together to address the higher-level issues of plant performance. Now, it is accepted by management consultants as a primary performance metric.

Recognizing OEE as an effective productivity management metric is one thing, using it effectively is another, as many practitioners have found out. The OEE learning curve can be steep. Bob Hansen has been there, climbed over the obstacles, and survived to develop a practical how-to approach to using OEE which he lays out in Overall Equipment Effectiveness: A Powerful Production/Maintenance Tool for Increased Profits.

I’ve known Bob for a number of years as a maintenance and reliability practitioner, seminar leader, and author of magazine articles. I’ve found his analysis of OEE and related productivity processes insightful and practical, as have members of the maintenance and reliability community. Now, he has put everything together to build this comprehensive reference.

Not only does he cover OEE, but he presents related productivity and reliability tools in a format for quick application. He provides practical tips on what to do and how to do it. As such, the book becomes a must-have desk reference for maintenance managers, production foremen, reliability engineers, manufacturing executives, and plant leadership teams.

Robert C. Baldwin, CMRP

Editor, Maintenance Technology Magazine

Barrington, IL