Methodology of overall equipment effectiveness calculation in the context of industry 4.0 environment

Abstract

Industry 4.0 and related Maintenance 4.0 demand higher requirement for productivity and maintenance effectiveness. Nakajim’s OEE indicator still plays an important role in measuring effectiveness of production and maintenance. In connection with the current Industry 4.0 challenge, the issue of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is highly accentuated. This topic includes the matter of autonomous management and communication of individual machines and equipment within higher and more complex production units. Authors propose original calculations OEE for the whole production line from OEE knowledge and individual machines, including knowledge of their nominal and actual performance. The presented solution allows a greater depth of analysis of machine efficiency and overall effectiveness calculation of different assembled production lines based on knowledge of individual machines efficiencies.