How Operations Consultants Evaluate MES and OEE Vendors for Client Recommendations Operations consultants at top-tier firms evaluate dozens of MES and OEE vendors every year. Some evaluations are formal RFPs run on behalf of enterprise clients; most are informal...
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...
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...
