Free CMMS and OEE Tracker for Electronics Plants
Track feeder faults, test rejects and changeovers on your SMT and box-build lines for free, then automate the losses that a human can no longer log by hand.
The short answer
- Start free: log SMT, reflow, AOI/ICT or box-build shifts in the OEE tracker in about 2 minutes, no account needed.
- See the real losses: a downtime Pareto ranks feeder faults, pickup errors, reel changes, jams and test rejects automatically.
- Honest limit: it is manual entry on one line and one device, fine for a first baseline, not built for second-long stops at scale.
- Graduate when it hurts: once feeder faults are a top loss and manual logging cannot keep up, book a Fabrico demo for automatic PLC capture and computer-vision true-cause.
Electronics lines lose time in seconds, not minutes. A feeder fault, a pickup error, a reel change, a false call on AOI or ICT, each one might last under a minute, but on a pick-and-place machine running thousands of placements an hour, dozens of these a shift add up to a hidden factory's worth of lost output. Most plants never see it because nobody has time to write down a 20-second stop.
The free OEE tracker gives you a real place to start: log a shift in about 2 minutes, tag the downtime reason, and let the Pareto show you whether feeder faults, reflow profile stops, or test rejects are actually your biggest loss this week. Pair it with the downtime cost calculator to put a number on what those stops are costing, and the hidden factory calculator to size the output you are losing without a single machine breaking down.
Manual logging works for a first pass on one line. It stops working once placement rates make second-long stops impossible to tally by hand in real time, which is exactly the point where automatic capture starts to pay for itself. That is the gap Fabrico is built for, see how at how to choose OEE and CMMS software.
What you get, free
Shift logging in about 2 minutes
Log run time, output, rejects and downtime reasons for an SMT, reflow, AOI/ICT or box-build shift straight from the browser. No install, no account required to start.
Instant OEE with the A/P/Q breakdown
See availability, performance and quality broken out the moment you save a shift, so you know whether a bad day was a feeder problem, a slow changeover, or an AOI reject spike.
Downtime Pareto by reason
Tag each stop (feeder fault, pickup error, reel change, jam, changeover, test reject) and the tracker ranks your biggest losses automatically, no spreadsheet pivot needed.
85% world-class benchmark and shareable scorecard
Compare your line's OEE against the widely used 85% world-class benchmark and generate a scorecard you can share with your shift or your plant manager.
Work orders board and PM schedule
Raise a work order the moment you spot a loss, and keep a preventive-maintenance schedule for pick-and-place heads, nozzles, reflow ovens and testers, all on the same free board.
Asset register plus CSV/JSON export, installable as a PWA
Keep a register of your SMT and test assets, export your data anytime, and install the tracker as an app on a shop-floor tablet or PC. Data stays in your browser.
Log one shift and the free tracker shows your OEE, your loss Pareto and how you compare to world-class. Add work orders and preventive-maintenance reminders in the same place.
Where free stops, and Fabrico begins
The free tracker is built for getting started fast and for one plant on one device. When a site gets serious about its losses, the manual steps start to cost more than they save. This is exactly where Fabrico takes over.
| Capability | Free OEE Lab tracker | Fabrico |
|---|---|---|
| Data capture | Log each SMT, reflow or test shift by hand in about 2 minutes, data stays in your browser. | Reads OEE automatically off your pick-and-place, reflow and test-line PLCs, no manual entry. |
| Micro-stop cause | You investigate feeder faults, pickup errors and jams yourself and note the reason. | Computer vision identifies the true cause of each micro-stop, with video evidence, down to the feeder or nozzle. |
| Loss-to-fix loop | You spot the loss on the Pareto, then raise the work order yourself on the board. | A detected loss, like a repeating feeder fault, becomes an auto-routed work order, assigned automatically. |
| Scope and multi-site | One line on one device and browser, best for a single SMT or box-build line. | Plant-wide across SMT, reflow, test and box-build, and multi-site from one central cloud view. |
| Integrations | Standalone, run it on its own, export data when you need it in MES or ERP. | Integrates with PLCs, MES and ERP so OEE flows with your existing electronics stack. |
| Access and roles | Local device sign-in with people and roles on that one device. | Org SSO with roles across the plant and a full audit trail. |
| Reporting | Instant OEE, A/P/Q, a downtime Pareto and CSV/JSON export you run yourself. | Live plant-wide dashboards plus scheduled reports delivered automatically to your team. |
| Audit support | Your own exported records, useful evidence but assembled manually for an IPC or ISO 9001 audit. | Automatic capture with an audit trail that supports audit-readiness for ISO 27001, 20000-1 and 9001. |
Frequently asked questions
How do I capture second-long feeder and pickup micro-stops on an SMT line?
You cannot log them all by hand, and that is fine to admit. Start with the free OEE tracker to record feeder faults, pickup errors and jams by category per shift, which shows you where the time is going even without second-by-second detail. When feeder faults are a top-3 loss and placements per hour make manual tallying unreliable, that is the signal to move to automatic capture. Fabrico reads OEE straight off the PLC and uses computer vision to identify the true cause of each micro-stop with video evidence, so nuisance feeder faults stop being a mystery line in a spreadsheet.
Is manual OEE logging realistic on a high-speed SMT line, or do we need automatic capture?
Manual logging is realistic as a starting point on one line or one shift, and it is honestly how most plants get their first real OEE number. It is not realistic as a permanent method once placement rates are high enough that individual stops last seconds and blur together. The free tracker is built for that first phase: get a real baseline, see your Pareto, prove the case internally. The CMMS ROI calculator can help size whether automatic capture pays for itself at your volumes.
Does the free OEE tracker work for a box-build or final-assembly line, not just SMT?
Yes. It is generic OEE and downtime tracking, so any line, whether SMT, box-build, or test, can log shifts, downtime reasons and a Pareto the same way. Use separate lines or assets in the tracker to keep SMT, reflow, AOI/ICT and box-build losses distinct so the Pareto tells you which stage is actually costing the most.
Can the free tracker replace our CMMS for electronics maintenance?
For a single line on one device, yes, it covers a real work-order board, a preventive-maintenance schedule and an asset register with no account needed. For multi-site visibility, PLC/MES/ERP integration, or org-wide SSO and an audit trail, you would move to a full platform. Plenty of electronics plants run it as-is on one line; others use it as the honest first step before evaluating a platform like Fabrico for the whole site.
Does OEE and CMMS data help with IPC or ISO 9001 audits in electronics manufacturing?
Traceable process and defect records are core to IPC-A-610 workmanship expectations and to ISO 9001 or IATF 16949 audits common in electronics and automotive-electronics manufacturing. Automatic OEE capture with an audit trail supports audit-readiness for those reviews. Fabrico's approach, backed by its ISO 27001, 20000-1 and 9001 posture, supports audit-readiness; it is not a claim of guaranteed compliance.
What is the difference between OEE Lab's free tracker and Evocon's free trial for an electronics line?
Evocon is OEE-specific real-time monitoring software, typically entered through a 30-day free trial once data starts flowing, and it is strongest for a first structured OEE measurement with visual dashboards. OEE Lab's tracker has no trial clock and no signup, runs entirely in your browser, and adds a light CMMS (work orders, PM schedule, asset register) on top of OEE, all free indefinitely on one device.
When free is not enough, Fabrico is the upgrade
The free tracker gets an electronics line its first honest OEE number and a real downtime Pareto, and plenty of single-line operations run on it as-is. It runs out of road exactly where electronics losses live: sub-5-minute feeder faults, pickup errors and test rejects happening too fast and too often to log by hand, on one line with no view across the rest of the plant. Fabrico reads OEE automatically off your pick-and-place, reflow and test PLCs, uses computer vision to name the true cause of each micro-stop with video evidence, and auto-routes the resulting work order, plant-wide and across sites, built and hosted in the EU. When manual logging becomes the bottleneck instead of the fix, book a Fabrico demo and see it against your own line.
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