US-based food software solution provider CAT Squared (CAT2) has developed an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) plug-in module for its Food Safety and Quality Management Tool.
The company noted that the new module is designed to reduce equipment downtime, lower maintenance costs, improve equipment life-cycle management, and improve labor efficiencies.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a standard of metrics which indicates how effectively a plant operates and how efficiently its resources are utilized. It provides operational visibility resulting from knowing exactly where inefficiencies are located at the moment they are taking place.
In order to maximize OEE, it is necessary to identify and resolve the following problems - excessive downtime, slow line speeds, inadequate quality control, high waste generation, and improper reporting.
CAT2 offers software solutions that are designed to cuts costs and improves efficiency by filling the gap between a company's ERP system and the plant floor with real-time data collection, yield calculations, real-time reporting, and farm-to-fork traceability.
