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OEE benchmarks, the dominant losses, and downtime economics for your sector - with the calculators to put numbers on them.
Food & Beverage
Changeovers, CIP and filler/capper micro-stops on thin margins and perishable product. Typical OEE 50–70%.
Automotive
Takt-paced, sequenced lines where a stop cascades - and an hour of downtime can hit ~$2.3M.
Packaging & Converting
The micro-stop capital of manufacturing - web breaks, jams, register faults. Typical OEE 45–65%.
Plastics & Injection Moulding
Cycle-time drift, long mould changeovers and defects (short shots, flash). Typical OEE 50–75%.
Pharmaceuticals
Cleaning and changeover validation, documentation and serialization stops. Typical OEE 40-65%.
Electronics & SMT
Feeder and nozzle micro-stops, high-mix changeovers, placement and solder defects. Typical OEE 60-75%.
CPG / Consumer Goods
SKU proliferation, promotional changeovers and high-speed packaging micro-stops. Typical OEE 50-70%.
Metals & Foundry
Furnace and melt downtime, die/mould changes and casting-defect yield. Typical OEE 45-65%.
Machinery & Fabrication
Setup-heavy high-mix work where setup and waiting beat cutting time. Typical OEE 50-70%.
Aerospace & Defense
High-mix setups, hard-alloy tool wear, and heavy inspection and traceability. Typical OEE 40-65%.
Medical Devices
Cleanroom and validation constraints, documentation, micro-stops and strict quality. Typical OEE 45-70%.
Textiles & Nonwovens
Yarn and web breaks, changeovers and speed losses on fast continuous machines. Typical OEE 50-75%.
Paper & Pulp
A continuous process where web breaks, grade changes and clothing changes gate output. Typical OEE 55-80%.
Building Materials & Cement
Heavy, abrasive, continuous process gated by kiln, crusher and mill availability. Typical OEE 50-75%.
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