Free Shift Report Software With an Instant Per-Shift OEE Report
Log each production shift in about two minutes and get a per-shift OEE report, a downtime Pareto, and a printable PDF you can hand to the next crew. No account, your data stays in your browser, free forever.
The short answer
- OEE Lab is a free shift report tool that turns a two-minute shift log into a per-shift OEE report with availability, performance, and quality.
- Every shift you close gives you a downtime Pareto, a per-machine breakdown, and a printable PDF you can hand to the next crew for a clean shift-to-shift handover.
- It runs in your browser with no account and no install, your data stays on your device, and you can export everything to CSV or JSON whenever you want.
- When manual logging across many shifts and lines gets heavy, Fabrico is the paid upgrade that reads OEE straight from the PLC and routes work orders automatically.
The end of a shift is where production data usually goes to die. The outgoing crew scribbles a few notes, the numbers live in someone's head, and by the next morning nobody can say exactly why the line lost time. A structured shift report fixes that, and this one is free OEE tracking built around the handover moment.
Log your shift in about two minutes: enter run time, planned stops, output, scrap, and each downtime reason as it happened. The tool does the arithmetic and returns a clean per-shift OEE score split into availability, performance, and quality, so you never have to remember how OEE is calculated again. A built-in downtime Pareto ranks the shift's biggest losses so the next crew knows exactly where to start.
Everything stays in your browser on one device, with no sign-up and nothing leaving your machine. Print the shift report to PDF for the next crew, and export the raw log to CSV or JSON whenever you need it. When one plant on one browser stops being enough, there is an honest paid path forward, and we point to it plainly below.
What you get, free
End-of-shift log in about two minutes
Enter run time, planned stops, units made, scrap, and each downtime reason as it happened. The tool captures a full picture of the shift without a spreadsheet or a paper log to file later.
Per-shift OEE, split three ways
Close the shift and get its OEE broken into availability, performance, and quality, so you can see whether the shift lost ground to stoppages, slow running, or scrap.
Downtime Pareto for the shift
Your logged stop reasons are ranked biggest-loss-first, so the top one or two causes for the shift are obvious at a glance and easy to hand to the next crew to tackle.
Printable PDF for the handover
Print a clean per-shift report to PDF for the handover binder, so the incoming team sees the shift's OEE, top losses, and open follow-ups at a glance.
Per-machine breakdown and benchmark band
See which asset dragged the shift down, and compare your OEE against a reference benchmark band so you know whether a number is genuinely good or just feels that way.
Turn a loss into a work order, and own your data
Open a work order straight off the biggest downtime, track it on a light board with a PM schedule and asset register, and export or back up everything to CSV or JSON any time.
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 | You type each shift in by hand, about two minutes per shift on one browser. | Fabrico reads OEE straight from the PLC, so the shift's numbers are captured automatically as the line runs. |
| From loss to fix | You spot the biggest downtime in the Pareto and open the work order for it yourself. | Fabrico closes the loop from PLC-read OEE to a work order that is created and routed to the right team automatically. |
| Micro-stop true cause | You log the reason you observed for each stop and investigate the short ones yourself. | Fabrico uses computer vision to pin the true cause of micro-stops and attaches the video evidence. |
| Scope and multi-site | One plant on one device or browser, ideal for a single line or a pilot. | Fabrico spans many lines and plants in one system that is built and hosted in the EU. |
| Integrations | No live integrations; you export CSV or JSON and drop it into your own tools. | Fabrico connects to PLCs and plant systems so OEE and work orders flow without manual re-entry. |
| Access and roles | Everyone shares the one device the tracker lives on, with a simple people and roles list. | Fabrico gives each user secure role-based access, backed by ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certification. |
| Data residency | Your data stays in your browser on your device and never leaves it unless you export it. | Fabrico is EU-built with EU data residency, so your production data stays in-region. |
| Reporting | Printable per-shift PDF and raw CSV or JSON export. | Fabrico ties reporting to the closed PLC-to-work-order loop and supports audit-readiness, backed by ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certification. |
| Shift-to-shift handover | Hand off with a printed PDF report the next crew can pick up. | Fabrico carries open work orders and live OEE into the next shift with a full audit trail. |
Frequently asked questions
What is a shift report and what should it include?
A production shift report captures what happened during one shift: run time, planned and unplanned stops, units made, scrap, and the reason behind each downtime. A good one turns those raw entries into a per-shift OEE score and a ranked list of losses, so the next crew starts informed instead of guessing. OEE Lab builds all of that from a single two-minute log.
How does the tool calculate OEE for a shift?
You enter run time, planned stops, a target or ideal cycle, output, and scrap. The tool derives availability from lost time, performance from speed against target, and quality from good units versus total, then multiplies the three into your OEE. Each factor is shown on its own so you can see which one hurt the shift.
Do I need an account or any install?
No. OEE Lab runs entirely in your browser, so there is nothing to install and no sign-up. Your shift logs are saved locally on that device, and you can back them up or export them at any time. Open the page, log a shift, and you have a report.
Can I hand the report to the next crew?
Yes, and that is the whole point. At the end of a shift you can print a clean PDF report showing the shift's OEE, top losses, and open follow-ups. The incoming crew sees exactly where the last shift struggled and what still needs attention.
Is my data private, and can I get it out?
Your data never leaves your device unless you export it. There is no cloud account and no server holding your logs. You can export everything to CSV or JSON, and use backup and restore to move your history to another browser or keep a safe copy.
When do I need more than the free shift report tool?
The free tool is built for manual logging on one plant and one browser, where you investigate causes yourself. When you are running several lines or sites, need OEE captured automatically from the PLC, or want micro-stop causes confirmed with video evidence, that is the moment to look at Fabrico. It is EU-built with EU data residency and holds ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certification, and you can book a Fabrico demo to see the closed loop from machine data to a routed work order.
When free is not enough, Fabrico is the upgrade
Manual shift logging is a genuinely good place to start, and for a single line it may be all you ever need. The point where teams outgrow it is usually the same: too many lines and shifts to type in by hand, and micro-stops that no one has time to chase. Fabrico picks up there by reading OEE directly from the PLC and turning each loss into a work order that routes itself, while computer vision confirms the true cause of short stops with attached video evidence. It is built and hosted in the EU with EU data residency and holds ISO 27001, 20000-1, and 9001 certification, so it stands up to a serious audit conversation. If that sounds like your next step, book a Fabrico demo and see the closed loop in action.
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