Title: Implementation of OEEML in beverage bottling production line: a case study of Pakistan beverage industry

Authors: Danaish; Ren Zong-Jin; Shehdev Akhani; Muhammad Ayaz Akbar

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, CN 116024, China ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Dalian, Liaoning, CN 116024, China ' Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Indus Hwy, Jamshoro, Sindh 76062, Pakistan ' Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, CN 116024, China

Abstract: An effective measurement tool and strategic plan is beneficent for the organisations to face the outsiders' competitors and to achieve the required demands of the global market. This research is based on a survey of five weeks study of beverage bottling industry. The key metric OEE is usually used to measure the performance of individual machine. However, OEE is not sufficient to enhance the performance of manufacturing line as a whole. To overcome this, a performance measurement metric namely, overall equipment effectiveness of manufacturing line (OEEML) implemented for measuring the actual performance of the beverage bottling production line (BBPL). The final results of the BBPL improved with a high percentage 14% of OEEML increased which results to increase the output productivity of the beverage bottling production line and reduction in per unit cost. In the end OEEML is implemented as a strategy, i.e., a concept it works best for continuous improvements for the overall BBPL.

Keywords: beverage bottling production line; BBPL; overall equipment effectiveness of production line; OEEML; performance measurement; loss structure; productivity improvement.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2021.112482

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2021 Vol.37 No.1, pp.46 - 69

Received: 19 Nov 2018
Accepted: 23 Jun 2019
Published online: 19 Jan 2021 *

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