OEE software for manufacturers

Your machines run, but how much of the shift went into good parts? Dextrolab works out OEE for every machine and every shift, from the control's own counts and the scrap operators log.

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Dextrolab's OEE page with OEE, availability, performance and quality over the last four weeks against the four before, OEE by day, and each machine's figures.
What OEE shows

Three ways a shift loses parts

OEE is availability × performance × quality, each counted from the machine, so you see which loss costs you most. See the formula worked out in How to calculate OEE.

  • Availability

    Time lost to stops, setups and waiting, with the reason for each stop.

  • Performance

    Parts lost to slower cycles, each program against its best.

  • Quality

    Parts lost to scrap, with the reason operators give at the machine.

Every machine, every shift

See which machine loses time, and when

See when each machine ran, waited or was down this shift, and its good parts against the goal, so you can act before the shift is over.

The machines in Dextrolab, each with its status, its shift so far as a bar of running, idle and down time, its good parts against the goal and its OEE.
After every shift

The shift's report, ready when it ends

No tallies or spreadsheets when the shift ends. Its good parts, OEE, scrap and longest stops are ready for you.

  • Know how the night went

    A summary in your inbox as each shift ends.

  • Ready for Monday's meeting

    The day each morning and the week each Monday.

  • Which machine fell behind

    Good parts, OEE and scrap for each machine.

  • No stop left unexplained

    Stops still without a reason, counted per machine, so someone fills them in.

A late shift's report with good parts against the goal, OEE, utilisation and scrap, downtime by machine and the longest stops.
On the shop floor

The shop floor sees it too

A TV in the hall shows every machine live, so the whole team sees a stopped machine, not only you.

A TV hung over the aisle of a machine hall, with a tile per machine, how it stands across its top and its good parts against the goal in green, amber or red below, and the shift's OEE at the top.

  • Seen from across the hall

    Everyone knows at once which machine is down.

  • Where the shift stands

    Good parts against the goal, for each machine.

  • Help on its way

    Which machine called for help, and whether someone is coming.

Questions

What shops ask about OEE

Another question? Our team answers at contact@dextrolab.com.

Yes. During a setup the machine makes no parts, so it lowers availability. That's on purpose, so you see what a quicker setup would win back. Dextrolab also shows how long each setup took.

85 % is the figure most often called world class, and Vorne, who publish oee.com, write that most manufacturers are closer to 60 % (read on 26 October 2026). A job shop with short runs sits lower than a plant that makes one part all week, so compare each machine with itself, week on week.

Your shifts, less their breaks. A machine standing still outside its shifts, at the weekend for instance, costs no OEE.

After every shift, a short summary with a link to its report, for the plant's managers and anyone else who wants it. Managers can also get one for the day each morning and for the week each Monday.

From the machine itself. Dextrolab learns each program's ideal cycle from the fastest cycles it runs, so a long part never makes a machine look slow. You can also set it yourself, for one program or the whole machine.

Yes. The new cycle counts from then on, so last month's OEE doesn't change behind your back.