Insight: LineIntelligence™ Quick Start Guide

This guide will walk you through setting up your VideojetConnect™ Insight: Insight: LineIntelligence™ website so you can utilize Videojet printer(s) to calculate the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for your packaging lines.

VideojetConnect™ Insight: LineIntelligence™ utilizes Videojet Remote Service (VRS) connected Videojet printer(s) to calculate OEE for a packaging line. Each line uses one (1) designated VRS connected printer to provide the product count.

The printer counts and date/time information are used to calculate throughput in a given interval of time. The system infers downtime by an absence of counts for a configurable time period. This downtime is divided into Planned Downtime (based on production schedule) and Unplanned Downtime. Unplanned downtime can be categorized using user configured and entered downtime codes.

The system uses the data already collected by VRS. A VRS connected printer on the line is required to provide this data (product count).

About Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

OEE is defined as Availability x Performance x Quality, where:

OEE AvailabilityOne of the three OEE Factors, Availability takes into account Availability Loss (any events that stop planned production for an appreciable length of time). Must be measured in an OEE program, usually by recording the duration of Unplanned Stops and Planned Stops. See also, Availability. = Run Time / Planned Production Time
OEE PerformanceOne of the three OEE Factors, OEE Performance takes into account Performance Loss (factors that cause the process to operate at less than the maximum possible speed). It must be measured in an OEE program, usually by comparing Actual Cycle Time (or Actual Run Rate) to Ideal Cycle Time (or Ideal Run Rate). = Actual Rate of Production (when line is running) / Ideal Rate of Production
OEE QualityOne of the three OEE Factors, OEE Quality takes into account Quality Loss (parts which do not meet quality requirements). It must be measured in an OEE program, usually by tracking Reject Parts. = (Total Number of Products - Number of Defective Products) / Total Number of Products

Availability accounts for when the line is not running and consists of Unplanned Downtime and Planned Stops, like changeovers.

Performance accounts for anything that causes the line to run at sub-maximum speed. This could include running consistently, but at a slower speed, or running inconsistently (as measured by a large quantity of small stops or non-standard gaps between products) at normal speed.

This is why it is important to break OEE into its components as doing so gives insight into where to focus improvement initiatives.

Insight: LineIntelligence™ & Plant Operations

VideojetConnect™ Insight: LineIntelligence™ is targeted to multiple roles within the operation:

The Operator will primarily use the Dashboard view, which will show a detailed overview of the current production shift on a particular line. The Dashboard has buttons that allow the user to start a production run by choosing a product and a count, entering a downtime code, and logging defective product. The Dashboard displays the product counts on an hourly basis as well as the progress toward and estimated time to completion of the current run. It also contains a downtime categorization summary and hourly OEE results.
The Line Manager can see a consolidated view of multiple packaging lines, the current state (running or stopped), the count this hour, the count last hour, the trended schedule attainment, and overall OEE during the shift.
The Plant Manager can see a consolidated view of the entire packaging process with under-performing lines highlighted along with longer term trending information.
The OEE Engineer can generate historical reports for OEE and each component thereof. Use these reports to target specific areas for improvement and track the progress toward and sustainment of improvement initiatives.