How To Calculate The Efficiency Of A Production Line?
The production line is a hugely important part of your industry. It lies between the supply chain and the distribution chain. Its role is to add value to products.
The performance of a production line is measured on the basis of a number of indicators. Monitoring them regularly allows you to assess the productivity of your industry and at the same time take steps to optimise its performance.
So, among the most important production indicators for calculating the efficiency of a production line is the Synthetic Efficiency Ratio (SER). It is used to calculate the utilisation rate of the machines. From the SRR you can determine whether it is worthwhile to start a process of optimising the production line. Various parameters are taken into account in this indicator, such as the operating rate, the performance rate and the quality rate.
The simplest way to calculate the Synthetic Efficiency Ratio is to calculate the ratio between the actual production and the theoretical production during a given period.
OEE = Actual production / Maximum theoretical production
How To Improve A Production Line?
The purpose of optimising a production line is not only to make the company more productive and reduce costs, but also to optimise working conditions, to protect operators more from accidents and to assign them to more rewarding jobs.
So how do you go about implementing a production line optimisation process? There are four essential steps to follow.
Preparation
In this step, you gather information and data related to product manufacturing and production system management. This preparation allows you to better manage the production line and to quickly find solutions in case of unexpected events.
Planning
Based on the data collected, you draw up various schedules or, more precisely, a production plan. At the same time, you define the time and resources needed to achieve the objective.
Monitoring
This third step consists of monitoring the production line and checking the state of the machines, the state of the orders, the production process, the quality of the products obtained, etc. The aim of this performance monitoring is to save time and to be able to react quickly to unforeseen events.
Analysis
During this final stage, you analyse the production and the finished products while taking into account the other three stages carried out previously. At the end of these various operations, you must be able to establish the levers for progress and the areas for optimisation.
Why Choose Mga Technologies For The Optimisation Of Your Production Line?
Optimising a production line is both a complex and time-consuming operation. Give yourself an efficient, productive and profitable production line by entrusting its optimisation to MGA Technologies. With us, you will have peace of mind because we offer a complete service: calculation of the efficiency of your production lines, adoption of your production schedules, optimisation and integration of industrial machines if necessary.
Whatever your industry, we can design, manufacture and integrate solutions tailored to your business needs to optimise your productivity and profitability and improve the working conditions of your employees.
Do you have any questions about our production line optimisation services? Contact our technical teams, who will answer you as soon as possible.
