Is FactoryTalk Metrics just an “OEE tool”?
No, although it is a common misconception that FactoryTalk Metrics is just an “OEE tool.” If this were the case, it would not be very useful. If all it did was report on the OEE score for the machines it monitored, it would not help you improve the performance of any of the machines. But FactoryTalk Metrics does far more than report on OEE scores. For starters, it reports on 14 other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) by default. OEE and KPIs will tell you what your current machine performance is, but they will not tell you why your machines are inefficient. OEE data alone will not help you find and fix your problems and improve your processes. FactoryTalk Metrics can also collect and report on machine events of any type that occur on the manufacturing floor. So it can tell you definitively what your machines are doing and help you determine how to make them run more efficiently. This is where the real power of FactoryTalk Metrics lies. It is important to note that the events that Facto
