Teva CFS Book English

28 OEE Because effectiveness is the name of the game An international body has declared Teva, Optalgin, and Acamol as (Superbrands) The international Superbrands organization, which operates in 70 countries worldwide, chose the Teva brand and two drug brands manufactured in Kfar Saba - Optalgin and Acamol, as Superbrands in Israel for 2015. The Superbrands title is the most prestigious and reputed international title in the world, which is given to brands and managers for marketing and managerial excellence at global standards. The prestigious title attests to the strong connection between the brand and consumers, and the fact that the brand provides consumers with more concrete and emotional benefits than other brands. Identifying and declaring Superbrands is a three stage process:Identifying the list of all the active brands in the country (over 2300), professional screening by a team of judges that includes around 120 CEOs and Marketing VPs , and finally - The consumer’s decision-via a national study that included around 800 consumers. The OEE screens that were placed throughout the Packaging Department, and in the Tablet Department, show the effectiveness index of each machine at any given moment T he OEE index is a central tool to measure the efficiency of manufacturing organizations, which measures the overall equipment effectiveness in the production process. OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness and the index makes it possible to calculate the percentage of time that the machine works and produces good products at maximal speed. For many years, various methods were used to measure effectiveness - outputs, machine working time, and more. In the past decade, the OEE index has become the main index for measuring the effectiveness of machines and analyzing the potential for improvement. Also at the Teva Kfar Saba plant, the index was implemented in recent years in the majority of operational units, and it currently serves the tablets, granulation, sterile packaging, which are constantly checking themselves. A tool for constant improvement The OEE index helps identify waste in the process, helps understand the breakdown of time the machine spends working, stopping, malfunctions, etc., identifying problems in the machine and automatic management of the machine’s performance. Moreover, the index makes it possible to analyze data over time and identify trends. Using the ability to measure the machine's performance, and the possibility of analyzing and understanding the bottlenecks and the problems, a mechanism of constant improvement can be generated. Therefore, measuring OEE makes it possible for the managers and the operations personnel to conduct a lateral investigation of various elements. Availability X Performance X Yield The index takes into consideration three variables: the first - the machine’s Availability - how long the machine worked out of the planned time, the second - the machine's Performance - how many products did the machine produce out of its maximal potential (working at optimal speed) and the third - yield - the percentage of “good” products that the machine produced. When these three variables are multiplied by each other, you get a multi-dimensional assessment of the machine’s effectiveness. In the 21st century, when more than ever effectiveness is the name of the game in industry, the OEE index is a main player in the plant’s success and profitability.