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Automate Partner and FullFact Partnership
FullFact Solutions and Automate Partner, a Danish Automation company specializing in robot, vision, data acquisition, and productivity improvement, have announced a partnership that supports FullFact's international growth for the Danish market. Automate Partner is a...
OEE Toolkit and the Morning Kick-off
OEE Toolkit converts gut feeling into process thinking: "By using OEE Toolkit, it became easier to detect where the possibilities for productivity improvement were", says Han van Aanholt, Plant Manager, and Ruud van Tour, Technical Manager, both working at...
OEE & Daily Management Inspiration Session
We're excited to announce that we have started preparing for the new Inspiration Session OEE & Daily Management. Visual Workplace B.V., Yokoten and FullFact jointly organize an instructive, interactive session. Our goal is to bring organizations together so we can...
How to Run an OEE Software Pilot
In this blog we explore the question of how to execute a software pilot with the OEE Toolkit. Imagine being on a quest to find the right OEE software to visualize your productivity losses. You’ve compared prices and features, you're almost ready to make your decision,...
What are the Six Big Losses?
In order to manage short lead-times of order fulfillment, meet cost targets, handle the pressure on budgets, and the demands to quality, the right priorities must be set. But where to start and what to do? This blog series is about the fundamentals of OEE. We will...
OEE Training and Courses
Lack of education and training of employees within your organization is perhaps the biggest cause of the hidden losses within your organization. With the OEE Toolkit, your employees can neatly map out the nature of the shutdowns during the time that your production...
OEE Benefits: Using OEE What It’s Meant for
Do you ever have that feeling? You and your partner did a job on your day off. For example, arranging your garden or refurbishing one of your rooms in the house. And that you are enjoying the result at the end of the day. With or without coffee and apple pie or...
What are the OEE roles?
In order to manage short lead-times of order fulfillment, meet cost targets, handle the pressure on budgets, and the demands to quality, the right priorities must be set. But where to start and what to do? This blog series is about the fundamentals of OEE. We will...
Why is OEE important?
In order to manage short lead-times of order fulfillment, meet cost targets, handle the pressure on budgets, and the demands to quality, the right priorities must be set. But where to start and what to do? This blog series is about the fundamentals of OEE. We will...
What is OEE?
In order to manage short lead-times of order fulfillment, meet cost targets, handle the pressure on budgets, and the demands to quality, the right priorities must be set. But where to start and what to do? Making decisions based on gut feeling is not the best option....
New OEE Toolkit Marketeer
FullFact welcomes a new employee to the Sales and Marketing Team. Roos Helweg joins us as the new OEE Toolkit marketeer. Roos has an extensive track record as a digital marketing and online content specialist for business-to-business oriented companies. She likes...
A connected and improved factory with OEE Toolkit
Our OEE Toolkit Suite makes it possible to analyze machine effectiveness within discrete, batch and continuous production processes. OEE Toolkit will enable you to interpret your losses and start improving production effectiveness for continuous improvement – based on...
Louis’ Logbook: Don’t fall in these two traps! (Part 2)
Part 2 Danger 2: knowledge and design of OEE implementation is assigned to only one person in the organisation Another danger I signal is that technical knowledge on the design and set-up of the OEE Toolkit is not decentralised in the organisation. An example:...
New Client OEE Toolkit: Royal Fassin B.V.
Royal Fassin B.V. is a Dutch company based in 's-Heerenberg near the German border. The ‘royal’ signature was awarded on behalf of the Queen of the Netherlands and it represents a strong sense of long-term vision, confidence, reliability, social responsibility, and...
New partnership announcement
FullFact Solutions, a leading supplier of OEE software and services, and Wojata BV, a niche consulting firm, announce their collaboration. Wojata, equipped with the OEE Toolkit package from FullFact, is a 24/7 "external process engineer" for small and medium-sized...
Louis’ Logbook: Don’t fall in these two traps !
Part 1 Every week, I visit companies that use FullFact's OEE Toolkit over a longer period of time in their improvement programs. My assumption is that they’ve acquired the tool to leverage their continuous improvement programs such as World Class Manufacturing (WCM),...
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander opens Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven
FullFact part of #theBICpicture The first Factory of the Future on Brainport Industries Campus with a size of 100,000 m2 and since last week also the home base of FullFact, was officially opened today by his Majesty King Willem-Alexander. The day was started with a...
FullFact moved to Brainport Industries Campus on September 27th
Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven, with a large number of innovators with a focus on the manufacturing industry under one roof, is the new home of FullFact Solutions. FullFact has thus moved to “the epicenter of the high-tech production industry”. “A very...
How high should OEE really be?
I’ve been asked this question many times: “I have been reading about the OEE measurement and I cannot find any particular agreement about the right number for OEE. Could you please give me any references?” It is generally suggested that “below 65% should be considered...
On the move…
FullFact is going to move. We have already informed you last October that we are moving to Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven. Monday September 2nd we received the key to our pavilion out of the hands of Niels Langenhuizen of SDK vastgoed. The day after,...
Louis’ Logbook: losses, losses, losses
Why is it that technical failures almost always have priority in improving the OEE? The answer is actually quite simple. A production line should always run smoothly at the desired speed. A technical malfunction (standstill) always stands out immediately and soon...
FullFact Support Center
A few months ago, we launched the FullFact Support Center. Here our OEE Toolkit customers can: ask a question pass on a good idea report a problem create and follow tickets read instructions watch video instructions The FullFact Support Center can be found on the...
Smit & Dorlas uses the OEE Starterkit
One of Europe’s largest coffee roasters SMIT & DORLAS uses the OEE Starterkit from FullFact to maximize their high-quality production. SMIT & DORLAS is a coffee roasting company that distinguishes itself in the market through the constant pursuit of total perfection....
Customer Advisory Board
On June 12th, FullFact Solutions conducted its first Customer Advisory Board meeting with 7 key customers, hosted by our customer Royal A-ware. Great value for all parties involved, with excellent exchanges of experience on current use of OEE Toolkit, FullFact’s...
ECPA Conference
FullFact has signed a membership contract with the European Co-Packers Association (ECPA). The ECPA is the resource for co-packing and co-manufacturing partners in Europe. The ECPA and its member companies represent the professional Contract Packing Industry in...
Louis’ Logbook: How to Retain Your Shop Floor Operator
Louis’ Logbook Customer Care Manager FullFact Solutions Every week I visit various companies that use our software, the OEE Toolkit. Our software is applied in a wide scale of companies. A fantastic job, who now gets the chance to visit different companies every week,...
Impossible BV, manufacturer of instant films for Polaroid cameras, uses FullFact’s OEE Toolkit to make well-funded management decisions
Because of the increasing demand of Polaroid Originals, a new brand from Polaroid dedicated to analog instant photography in the original format, Impossible B.V. needed a clear view of their production capabilities. “As we expect to double our production towards 2020,...
FullFact signs associate membership with ECPA
FullFact has signed an membership contract with the European Co-Packers Association (ECPA). The ECPA is the resource for co-packing and co-manufacturing partners in Europe. The ECPA and its member companies represent the professional Contract Packing Industry in...
3 OEE related trends in manufacturing
Whether Industry 4.0 is going to be a revolution can only be seen in hindsight, however enabling manufacturers to make use of advanced technology, will surely change things in manufacturing. Hitachi Solutions shared their top trends in manufacturing for 2019, of which...
FullFact welcomes Sciengate Automation as a new business partner
FullFact Solutions and Sciengate Automation a solution provider in Malaysia specialized in the field automated processes, announced their partnership which supports FullFact’s international expansion into the Malaysian market. “One of the key pillars for...
FullFact proud of title ‘Certified training company’
On December 19, 2018 FullFact received the recognition as a training company from the 'Samenwerkingsorganisatie Beroepsonderwijs Bedrijfsleven'. (Cooperation organization Vocational education Business). As a company, we are happy to contribute to society. We want to...
Refresher OEE Training
You use our OEE Toolkit for some time now, but you sense that the OEE knowledge is fading. Due to the change of personnel. Or you only use a couple of functionalities and wish to widen your knowledge with an OEE training, so you can get more out of your OEE Toolkit...
When an OEE of 85% is not world class
An OEE score of 85% is considered World Class. But actually, that is not always the case. Here’s when. 1. When not all losses are included in the definition of the OEE It is possible to run any machine at “85%” OEE, simply by adapting the OEE definition. You take...
Royal De Kuyper in the Netherlands optimizes the production process with OEE Starter Kit from FullFact Solutions
In order to get valid information about the costs of the production lines and the reasons for stand stills at the Middelharnis plant, Royal De Kuyper needed a hands-on tool to measure production. “Because of the low-cost entry solution OEE Starterkit of FullFact we...
FullFact moves to Brainport Industries Campus
Brainport Industries Campus (BIC), where a large number of innovators with a focus on the manufacturing industry come together, will become the new home of FullFact Solutions on 1 September 2019. FullFact moves thereby to the "the place of the high-tech manufacturing...
Partnership with Bart Consult offers French-language company-specific support
FullFact Solutions and Bart Consult a French consultancy firm specialized in the field of Productivity Improvement, announced their partnership which supports FullFact’s international growth into for the French market . For more than 8 years located between Paris and...
Industry 4.0 Roadshow Successful 1st edition
June 14th, the 1st edition of the roadshow Industry 4.0 took place in the Van der Valk hotel in Eindhoven. That the interest was large was evident from the overwhelming rise. It was literally a full house. The great turnout and the enthusiastic reactions to the...
FullFact Solutions and Blom Consultancy partner to expand service and product offering
FullFact Solutions, a leading provider of OEE software and services, and Blom Consultancy, market leader in Japanese Manufacturing methodologies such as Monozukuri and TPM Continuous Improvement training and consultancy, today announced their partnership to offer...
Industry 4.0: the roadshow
We are proud to announce that the Industry 4.0 roadshow is a fact! Together with DataLyzer International and Blom Consultancy we offer an inspiring and interactive day (Dutch) for everybody interested in next level industrial productivity. CEO’s, COO’s, production...
FullFact Solutions introduces the OEE Starterkit
Do you want to set up your first OEE measurement in no-time? OEE Starterkit contains everything you need for your first and rapid deployment of OEE-based productivity improvement. The following reasons why you should start your productivity measurement with FullFact's...
FullFact and DataLyzer streamline OEE Toolkit and SPC Spectrum solution
FullFact Solutions, a leading provider of OEE software and services, and DataLyzer International, a leading provider of SPC solutions and services, today announced their partnership which streamlines and integrates the OEE and SPC processes for production companies....
What is the ideal OEE score?
Could you say that below a certain percentage it is better to close the doors of the factory? No, of course not! Or well, maybe that’s true. Seriously: there is no such thing as ‘an OEE number’, because it could be defined in a thousand different ways. It is generally...
Comparing OEE’s to benchmark machines? Don’t do it or start selling shares
Is it really possible to compare OEE’s of your machines? Or is it like comparing apples with oranges? To answer this question, I give you an example. Country A has a mobility rate of 18% and Country B 13.5%. You’ll probably conclude that country A does better. Or do...
What is the relation between OEE definitions and improvement?
Before you start with OEE, the following questions should be asked: what is your goal? Which issues do you want to be solved? Each company is different. Each machine in that business is different. Depending on your local situation, your team will only find what you...
TIIN Capital invests in expansion FullFact
Investment company TIIN Capital invests in FullFact Solutions to enable further international expansion, further development of the OEE Toolkit Suite, new services and the development of innovative Connected Factory concepts. “We experience an enormous need within...