Guides and Tools
Guides
OEE From First Principles - Find the Real Opportunity in Your Process
A step-by-step diagnostic that builds a complete picture of equipment performance across every step in your process. Covers process mapping, common throughput units, the four equipment rates, OEE calculation, and loss categorisation. Includes the rate calculator, conversion factor worksheet, and business case template.
Problem Definition — Getting to the Right Problem Before You Try to Fix It
A step-by-step process for defining a problem precisely enough that the right fix becomes obvious, and stays fixed. Covers initial problem framing, data stratification, structured observation, and a simple question framework. Includes a worked example and a single-page template to take to the line.
Process Definition and Improvement — Getting to the Right Method Before You Try to Improve It
A step-by-step process for defining, mapping, and improving any work process, physical or transactional. Covers process definition, current state mapping, waste identification, and a structured improvement method. Includes a worked example and a single-page template to take to the line.
Developing Your Strategic Objectives — Building a Multi-Year Picture Every Person Can Act On
A step-by-step process for defining where your site or function needs to be over the next three years, and making that picture real for everyone in the organisation. Covers gathering inputs from the business, your leadership team, and your people, combining them into a single story, building the visual, and launching it in a way that lands. Includes a story structure framework and guidance on finding the three numbers that everyone will remember.
Deploying Your Strategic Objectives
A step-by-step guide to making your strategy real at every level of the organisation. Covers the launch moment, cascading objectives to every team, and building three connected planning horizons, multi-year, annual, and 90-day. Includes guidance on tracking progress, running effective reviews, and the leadership behaviours that keep deployment alive.
Tools
OEE and Throughput Diagnostic Tool
A working Excel template that follows all six steps of the diagnostic. Enter your process name, common throughput unit, and equipment data, the tool calculates OEE, identifies your bottlenecks, and builds the constraint chart automatically. Includes example data based on the guide.
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