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If the Headline Number on Your Monitoring System Is Spindle Uptime, You're Measuring the Wrong Thing

This article was originally posted on Manufacturing Industry News and eMagazine.
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Summary
The article argues that making spindle uptime your headline metric drives the wrong behaviors. OMW Corporation replaced a homebuilt monitoring system with one focused on value-focused, flow-oriented metrics, standardized the shop’s vocabulary, and realized a 12% utilization gain across 43 machines—plus $2.5M in new business from a single customer meeting.

What single “headline” metric would you put on your monitors to drive the right behavior in your shop, and why?
How OMW Corporation retired a homebuilt monitoring system, changed the vocabulary on their floor, gained 12% utilization across 43 machines, and turned a single customer meeting into $2.5M in new business.

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