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Plant methods, worked on real South African lines.

Plain guides to OEE, kaizen, root cause analysis, TPM, maintenance and changeovers. Each has a worked example from measured data, a calculator or template you can use today, and the limits of the method.

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13,260
interruptions (short stops) on one line in one month, the kind these guides teach you to find
Measured
10 guides
each with a worked example and its limits
Free
calculator and Excel templates
R4,950
per line per month to measure it all, ex VAT

Method guides

Start with the question you have

OEE

How do I calculate OEE?

The formula, the three factors, a worked example and what the score hides.

Recoverable time

How much time can we win back?

The minutes above a target the line has already reached, summed. Measured, not a forecast.

Kaizen

How do I run kaizen on facts?

Pick the loss, measure it, change one thing, measure again.

Root cause analysis

How do I find the root cause?

Five whys and Pareto on timestamped stops, not memory.

TPM

What is total productive maintenance?

The pillars, the six big losses and where to start.

Maintenance

Preventive or predictive?

What each needs, and which failures each one prevents.

MTTR and MTBF

How do I measure repair time?

Response and repair, split, so each can be improved.

SMED

How do I cut changeover time?

Five steps, with your own fastest changeover as the target.

Variation

Why does the same task vary?

Standard work, Six Sigma, and variation between teams and sites.

Operators

Who should train whom?

The best operator sets the benchmark. Trainees are measured against it, task by task.

Tools

Use them today

OEE calculator

OEE from your own numbers, and what an hour of net production could be worth, from your own sales value.

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Downtime tracking template (Excel)

The stop reasons and fields we use, ready to fill in on paper or in Excel.

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Glossary

Every term in plain English, beside the name you will see on screen.

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Reading

Articles and the buyer's guide

Articles

Findings from measured South African lines: the Interruption Whitepaper, the fragmentation gap and the thresholds that hide real losses.

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OEE software buyer's guide

Eight questions to ask any OEE software vendor, us included. What to ask for in every quote, and when Augos Factory is the wrong choice for you.

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Research

Interruptions on South African lines

A study of measured stop data from South African production lines. It shows how much paid time interruptions take, how the stop threshold changes what you see, and what the data does not show. The method and its limits are published with it.

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Interruptions as a share of paid time, by line

Measured
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% Line 1 of 50: 0.0% of paid time Line 2 of 50: 0.0% of paid time Line 3 of 50: 0.0% of paid time Line 4 of 50: 0.0% of paid time Line 5 of 50: 0.0% of paid time Line 6 of 50: 0.2% of paid time Line 7 of 50: 0.5% of paid time Line 8 of 50: 0.8% of paid time Line 9 of 50: 1.4% of paid time Line 10 of 50: 2.6% of paid time Line 11 of 50: 2.7% of paid time Line 12 of 50: 3.2% of paid time Line 13 of 50: 3.6% of paid time Line 14 of 50: 3.6% of paid time Line 15 of 50: 4.5% of paid time Line 16 of 50: 5.5% of paid time Line 17 of 50: 6.0% of paid time Line 18 of 50: 6.0% of paid time Line 19 of 50: 6.4% of paid time Line 20 of 50: 7.2% of paid time Line 21 of 50: 7.4% of paid time Line 22 of 50: 7.4% of paid time Line 23 of 50: 7.6% of paid time Line 24 of 50: 8.5% of paid time Line 25 of 50: 8.6% of paid time Line 26 of 50: 9.2% of paid time Line 27 of 50: 9.8% of paid time Line 28 of 50: 9.9% of paid time Line 29 of 50: 10.3% of paid time Line 30 of 50: 10.4% of paid time Line 31 of 50: 12.8% of paid time Line 32 of 50: 13.1% of paid time Line 33 of 50: 13.9% of paid time Line 34 of 50: 13.9% of paid time Line 35 of 50: 14.2% of paid time Line 36 of 50: 14.7% of paid time Line 37 of 50: 16.2% of paid time Line 38 of 50: 17.2% of paid time Line 39 of 50: 17.7% of paid time Line 40 of 50: 18.4% of paid time Line 41 of 50: 18.6% of paid time Line 42 of 50: 20.1% of paid time Line 43 of 50: 20.8% of paid time Line 44 of 50: 23.2% of paid time Line 45 of 50: 23.2% of paid time Line 46 of 50: 23.8% of paid time Line 47 of 50: 27.6% of paid time Line 48 of 50: 29.2% of paid time Line 49 of 50: 32.3% of paid time Line 50 of 50: 40.8% of paid time 10% OF PAID TIME MEDIAN LINE 9% 22 OF 50 LINES AT 10% OR MORE 50 LINES, LOWEST TO HIGHEST SHORT STOPS AS A SHARE OF PAID TIME · POOLED 10.1%

Augos platform, Production Timesheet · 50 anonymised South African lines with complete line-level data · September to November 2025 · site, products and people removed.

Product guides

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For students and lecturers

Real stop data for real coursework

Worked problems built on real stop records, and guest lectures, for industrial engineering and operations courses.

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