Manufacturing floors generate enormous amounts of data. The challenge is surfacing the metrics that lead to action, not drowning in charts nobody checks.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) combines availability, performance, and quality into one number. It's the gold standard for line efficiency — track it per line and shift.
Downtime by cause reveals where to invest. If changeover time dominates, focus on SMED. If breakdowns dominate, prioritize preventive maintenance scheduling in your asset module.
First-pass yield shows quality at the source. Rework is expensive; catching defects early saves materials, labor, and customer complaints.
Schedule adherence compares planned vs. actual output. Chronic misses indicate capacity planning issues or unrealistic batch sizes — not just operator performance.
Cost per unit ties production data to finance. When operators see how downtime affects unit cost, improvement initiatives get prioritization from the shop floor up.
Bizon's manufacturing module displays these KPIs on live dashboards. Pair them with AI alerts when OEE drops below threshold for rapid response.