Effectiveness of facilities
Almost 40% of equipment operates with a performance of less than 65% (sample taken in the mechanics sector).
Micro shutdowns, breakdowns, scrappage/ retouching and changes in series have a serious impact on investment and increase operating costs.
Companies which do not observe the impact of these losses on the overall effectiveness of the organisation often tend more towards means of replacement, or accept higher operating costs.
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By improving the effectiveness of the MAN MACHINE interface, we can bring forward the effects of the investment, mobilising the energies of staff and reducing operating costs, as demonstrated in the following examples:
Having a good knowledge of the internal workings of your machine to anticipate breakdowns, reduce micro shut downs and get maximum performance requires a progressive methodology.
This requires a change in behaviour of the operator with respect to his machine, and the learning of top level maintenance skills.
As well as direct productivity, our approach motivates and increases the responsibility of operators.
Maintenance technicians will have greater time for upstream deployment aimed at preventative and predictive maintenance, thus creating the conditions for greater overall effectiveness.
Actions on the means of production are also opportunities to reveal various problems impacting on the performance of machines, such as quality and scrappage, long start-up and shut down times as well as retouches.
This also helps reduce the variability of results and allows for better control of production processes.
