The OEE Primer: Understanding Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Reliability, and Maintainability

This book/CD-ROM explains how overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) can be applied to address capacity issues. It emphasizes reliability and maintainability (R&M) as a discipline, not just a set of tools for specific tasks. The book details methods for design improvement, such as hazard analysis, rate of change of failure (ROCOF) analysis, failure rate finite element analysis (FEA), and the theory of inventive problem solving. Coverage progresses from an overview of total preventive maintenance, through approaches for measuring OEE, improving OEE on new and existing machinery, and requirements for phases of implementing equipment R&M. The book includes an extensive 20-page glossary. The CD-ROM contains 100 pages of appendices featuring statistical tables, outlines, case studies, guidelines, and standards. Stamatis is a consultant in organizational development and quality. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)