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OEE CALCULATOR

OEE tells you how much real production you got out of the time you planned to run. This calculator gives you your score, breaks it into the three drivers, and tells you which one to fix first. Plug in your numbers, watch the result update live, then save the score and get a 90 day improvement roadmap.

OEE calculator inputs and result

INPUTS

Time the line was scheduled to run, breaks excluded

Breakdowns and changeovers. Breaks already excluded

Everything off the line, defects and rework included

Anything not first pass good. Rework counts

Fastest the machine can run per spec

YOUR OEE

63%

Run time 420 min · Availability × Performance × Quality

Availability

88%

Performance

75%

Quality

96%

WHERE YOU SIT

40% · TYPICAL60% · AVERAGE85% · WORLD CLASS

NEXT MOVE · PERFORMANCE IS LOWEST

Slow cycles and micro stops are bleeding production. Validate ideal cycle time at the line and check for short stoppages under five minutes.

NEXT STEP

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FAQ

QUESTIONS PLANT MANAGERS ASK

SHOULD BREAKS COUNT AS DOWNTIME?

No. Subtract scheduled breaks from your planned production time before you put anything in the calculator. Stop time should only include unplanned events: breakdowns, changeovers, material shortages, waiting on operators or supervisors. Counting breaks as downtime makes Availability look artificially low and hides the real losses.

WHAT COUNTS AS A REJECT IF I CAN REWORK IT?

A rework still counts as a reject. OEE measures first-pass quality. If it took an extra step beyond the standard cycle to make the part good, it is a quality loss, even if it eventually ships. The exception is if you have already counted the rework time inside Stop time, in which case it would double-count.

WHERE DO I FIND IDEAL CYCLE TIME?

The machine spec sheet or OEM documentation. If you cannot find it there, time the actual best-case cycle on the floor with no operator interruption, no quality issues, no setup events. Use that as your standard. Do not use the average; that hides Performance loss.

WHAT IS A GOOD OEE SCORE?

For a small or mid-size manufacturer, 40 percent is typical of a plant that does not actively manage equipment. 60 percent is average once basic tracking is in place. 85 percent is world class and is rare outside high-volume, high-discipline operations. Most plants we work with land between 50 and 65 percent on the constraint machine.

HOW DO I IMPROVE THE LOWEST COMPONENT?

If Availability is the lowest, run a Pareto on your downtime reason codes and attack the top one. If Performance is lowest, validate the ideal cycle time and look for short stoppages under five minutes. If Quality is lowest, run a Pareto on reject reasons and a 5-Why on the top defect. The full walkthrough is on the Sharpen blog: How to calculate OEE: full walkthrough.

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