Manufacturers who own production units often follow a hierarchy of Metrics that is commonly known as Overall Equipment Effectiveness which helps them know the condition of the machinery and whether the supply meets the demand. The proper utilization of the manufacturing unit needs to be taken care of and made sure that the cycle of input and output continues in a parallel way. Overall Equipment Effectiveness includes making sure of the machinery to produce the right amount of product within the stipulated time and deadline on each day. OEE for Operators : Overall Equipment Effectiveness is usually calculated on three major components which are Availability, Performance and Quality. Keeping a thorough check on the three components makes a manufacturing unit work properly. Any gap in these functions forms a chain reaction affecting the rest of the components and there becomes a gap in the level of output.
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) and the Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) are authorities are a supply chain group and a standardization authority respectively. They supply equipments and authorize qualities of machinery and its parts. The manufacturing Units these days vouch for the final decision of these organizations and make sure that the products that they produce like Automobiles are screened and bar coded through AIAG Standards. The AIAG helps the smooth supply of Automotive parts from one county to the other as they are the authorized organization to label and code products. The DIN standards are another version of passing the right grades and quality of machinery parts, the stationery required for the manufacturing unit, motors, lead batteries, communication devices in vehicles etc that are screened by matching to the industry standards. Making sure of being at par with the industry standards is the main motto of these organizations that have the burden of being the final decision maker to approve parts and services to manufacturing units.
