Maumee, Ohio (December 2008) -- Recently Tuppas Software unveiled their latest advancement within the software industry, a new module known as OEE or Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This tool is comprised of downtime, scrap and production reporting and is aimed at helping manufactures improve their efficiency.
The general concept of OEE is relatively uncomplicated and allows manufactures to focus their time and resources on the basic cause of productivity loss. For example, OEE will begin with all of your organization’
The availability portion of this calculation takes into account various downtime items such as changeovers, material shortages and equipment failures. Performance measurements can include a wide spectrum of objects but generally will take into account speed losses from machine wear, operator inefficiency, misfeeds and substandard materials. Finally the quality is the amount of products lost due to quality including any which may require a reworking.
“Our OEE module is a highly configurable solution,” stated project manager Ronna Hampton. “The agile capabilities provide manufactures with the best performance reporting solution, something you can not find with a lot of companies.”
The Tuppas module is part of the popularly growing lean manufacturing philosophy and is designed to provide a flexible system with the ability to receive data from external sources, such as an ERP system, in addition to exporting data for other users. This browser-based technology is easily installed and allows for any where access within the organization.
About Tuppas Software Corporation:
Founded in 1987, Tuppas is a privately held company headquartered in Northwest Ohio. Tuppas is a provider of browser-based manufacturing software applications and specializes in production scheduling and MES (manufacturing execution system) applications. The software modules developed are tailored to customer specifications. Due to their flexibility Tuppas works for a wide spectrum of industries and has rapid application development tools that enable short development time frames.
Tuppas offers a variety of software modules including: Production scheduling, employee scheduling, advanced planning, inventory, warehouse management, employee training and testing, downtime tracking, production reporting, efficiency tracking, defect tracking, SQC (statistical quality control), TQM (total quality management), preventative maintenance, CMMS, Accounting.
