Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of Autobake Plant at Universal Robina Corporation, Rosario, Pasig City

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the Autobake Plant at URC-Rosario. Specifically this study sought the following: (1) the current OEE of Autobake plant in terms of: Availability, Performance and Quality. (2) The system requirements of the proposed inventory monitoring system using its hardware and software aspects. (3) Impact of the proposed inventory monitoring system to the OEE of the Autobake Plant in terms of availability, performance and quality. (4) Perceived level of agreement of the respondents on the software-based inventory monitoring system. The study utilized the developmental and descriptive method. The respondents of the study were the 30 respondents: 2 supervisors, 1 production controller, and 27 maintenance personnel. The data was computed using weighted mean to determine the extent of agreement and satisfaction of the end-user on the proposed system. The researcher also used frequencies and percentages to define OEE rates obtained from the URC-Rosario. Results showed that the proposed inventory monitoring system gradually improved the company’s OEE. Respondents’ level of agreement on software-based inventory monitoring system showed high level agreement and satisfaction. Establishing baseline for spare parts replacement will help increase the OEE of the company. Furthermore, providing a software-based inventory monitoring system using push notification is an advantage. The researcher recommended continuing using the proposed system since the result will be best observed in long term. A mobile app or cloud-based inventory monitoring system that can be synced to SAP and automatically contacted the supplier was also recommended.