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Yaseen | (2020) Multi response optimization of injection moulding process parameters of polystyrene and polypropylene to minimize surface roughness and shrinkage's using integrated approach of S/N ratio and composite desirability function, Cogent Engineering, 7:1, 1781424,

Improving the productivity of a manufacturing firm is very imperative in order to obtain high profits in such a competitive market. Equipment is an important part of a manufacturing system and its efficiency directly affects the quality and cost of the product contributing to overall productivity of a manufacturing plant. This paper focuses on calculating the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) at a local pharmaceutical industry and investigates the key factors which influence the overall equipment effectiveness. OEE is an important tool which identifies areas that may have bottleneck in the production line, covering three major aspects such as the availability, performance, and quality rate of the output of equipment. On the basis of OEE, six significant losses were identified. The preliminary results of the analysis showed that OEE for the dry suspension (D/S) section is only 23% which is substantially below the benchmark of OEE level i.e. 85%. The results also presented that prime cause involves a high difference between the performance level of world class and dry suspension (D/S) process which is due to unavailability of machines for a longer period of time and malfunctioned machines producing products in large quantities that need to be

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