Every manufacturer wants to improve. But improvement is a journey and not a one-time event.
From my experience, speaking with clients and prospects who are new to OEE data-capture, there's one clear initial goal... gain visibility.
For manufacturers who are new, just understanding how their lines are performing is a huge step forward, with the implementation of a counter-based OEE system, it's quick and readily available for deployment - It's a great first step.
This is where many businesses begin, but they shouldn't stop or be held back due to other software vendors limited capabilities...
Your OEE Journey...
At MaintMaster, we believe every manufacturer deserves more than just a snapshot. You deserve a partner that not only gives you instant value on Day 1, but also grows with you—guiding you from basic awareness to continuous improvement excellence.
Here's what you should do...
Step 1 - Start Smart
Immediate visibility
We begin with what matters most: fast and clear visibility into production. Simple counter-based OEE to track availability, performance, and quality.
What you'll typically uncover along the way:
- Hidden Bottlenecks
- Hidden downtime
- Productivity opportunities
- Performance enhancements
- Throughput efficiencies
This is the foundation. And it’s powerful.
Step 2 - Add Context
Understand the why?
Once visibility is established, it’s time to understand WHY performance is dipping or WHY downtime happens.
That’s where MaintMaster OEE begins layering in:
- Automatic error code logging - Helping reduce manual input and increase data accuracy.
- Custom downtime categories - Increase real insights not just numbers.
- Operator prompts - Building that foundation and one process throughout site on how issues are recorded and resolved
You’re not just measuring losses anymore—you’re starting to control it.
Step 3- Take Action
Automate and Alert
up until this point, you know what's going wrong and where it's going wrong, you also have clearer date insights into why it went wrong thanks to operator feedback and through creation of reason / error codes that the operator can select from.
Now you know this, it's time to act before these problems occur.
MaintMaster OEE supports:
Real-time notifications - Operator alerts when product weights start to deviate towards higher or lower tolerances, enabling them to act before there's a QA issue.
- Auto-triggering line-side tasks - Built in features and functions, enable operators to be alerted to specific activities based on time, product counts or even deviations in other values such as temperature, weight or speed losses - giving operators this total control and insights will help reduce production downtimes and drive machine availability and performance.
- Live dashboards - Giving shift leaders, senior management and operators one clear version of the production environment.
By now, your teams are not just reacting, they're proactively improving.
Step 4: Scale and Optimise
Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement
With MaintMaster OEE in place, you're not just receiving reliable data and standardised processes, we're also helping you evolve and create a culture of continuous improvement EVERY step of the way.
Throughout this process, you will now be able to:
- Identify top losses over time
- Set up structured improvement initiatives
- Track ROI from your actions
- Expand OEE across departments or sites—onthe same platform
This is the point where MaintMaster OEE isn’t just a system anymore—it becomes part of how your business operates...
Why MaintMaster?
We don’t just provide OEE - We Walk the journey with you
Too many systems give you one part of the puzzle... Either they’re too simple and are unable to evolve, or they’re overly complex from day one, overly expensive and ultimately end up collecting dust.
MaintMaster OEE is different. We’re not here to just sell you software. We’re here to help you grow - starting with the basics, and guiding you step-by-step to a future of operational excellence.
The results are real...
See for yourself - How MaintMaster OEE has benefited clients across the globe...
Our organisation has moved from a reactive to proactive culture
OEE increase 35% in Year 1
Reduction in Yield Losses from 5% to 1.4% in Year 1
Unplanned downtime reduced by 30% in Year 1
New factory 20% OEE in the first year and exceeding targets for Year 2
28.5% OEE Increase and now OEE is a Business Critical KPI
