The Stellantis, Alstom, Hutchinson Client Pattern Behind TeepTrak Adoption The early TeepTrak client list includes names that do not usually appear on a young industrial software startup’s reference page. Essilor — the global leader in ophthalmic optics, now...
How Consultants Integrate a 48-Hour OEE POC Into a LEAN Engagement A LEAN engagement at a manufacturing client typically runs eight to twelve weeks. The first two weeks are diagnostic — plant walks, stakeholder interviews, historical data review. Weeks three to ten...
What 4 Years at BCG Taught Me About Designing the Right OEE System TeepTrak was born on a client site. Specifically, on an Essilor production line during a BCG continuous improvement mission around 2013. I had been a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group for about...
Why Top Strategy Consultants Recommend Lightweight OEE Over Full MES If you have spent any meaningful time in a BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Kearney or Roland Berger operations practice over the last five years, you have lived through the same pattern. A manufacturing client...
Evocon Alternative: How a US Manufacturer Achieved 16% OEE Improvement in 90 Days When a mid-sized automotive parts manufacturer in Michigan needed to replace their existing OEE monitoring system, they evaluated multiple platforms before selecting TeepTrak as their...
Real-Time vs Daily: How Frequently Should Your Manufacturing Dashboard Update? Manufacturing dashboard refresh rate is one of the most over-engineered decisions in factory data architecture. The implicit assumption in most dashboard projects is that faster is better —...
Manufacturing Dashboard KPIs That Matter (And 7 Vanity Metrics That Don’t) Manufacturing dashboard KPI selection is one of the least rigorous activities in most plants. The typical process: a committee lists every metric someone has ever tracked, proposes adding...
The Manufacturing Dashboard That Actually Gets Used: 2026 Design Guide Walk into any manufacturing plant today and you will find dashboards everywhere. Large wall-mounted screens in the shop floor showing OEE, production counts, quality rejects. Supervisor monitors...
OEE Calculation Mistakes That Inflate Your Numbers by 10-18 Points Most plants reporting OEE of 70-80% are actually measuring 55-62% when calculation is done to standard definitions. The 10-18 point inflation is not intentional dishonesty; it is the cumulative effect...
World-Class OEE: What Is It and How Close Are You Actually? The 85% world-class OEE benchmark is probably the most quoted number in manufacturing operations literature. It appears in every continuous improvement training program, every lean certification, and most...
