Floor reference
Reference for the supervisors and managers who keep a small plant running: checklists, a glossary and plain guides. The numbers in the examples are made up, so you can redo each calculation with your own.
Field calculator
-
Field calculator
OEE calculator for a machine or production line
Work out availability, performance, quality and OEE from one shift's numbers.
Field guides
-
Field guide
OEE explained: formula, worked example, common errors
The OEE formula, a shift worked through with made-up numbers, and the mistakes that make the number misleading.
Field checklists
-
Field checklist
Preventive maintenance checklist for plant equipment
A shift, weekly, monthly and yearly task list to adapt to your own machines, with notes on lockout and records.
Field references
-
Field reference
Shift handover notes: what to record and how
The sections of a good handover note, what goes in each, and sample entries you can copy the style of.
Field glossary
-
Field glossary
Plant floor glossary: maintenance and production terms
Short, plain definitions of the terms used in maintenance, quality and scheduling conversations.
Working rules
-
Working rules
About our notes: how Shop Floor Notes is written
How we write, what we will and will not publish, and how corrections work.