CLEARRIVET MANUFACTURING GUIDES
Practical manufacturing knowledge for better production decisions.
Plain-language manufacturing guides covering production monitoring, OEE, downtime and industrial connectivity at a general level. Customer-specific technical design is handled during implementation, not published as a public recipe.
Production monitoring and OEE resources.
Use these guides to define the data and operating rules before selecting technology. Good software cannot fix an unclear production definition.
OEE Calculator
Calculate Availability × Performance × Quality and see which component is limiting OEE.
Calculate OEE →GUIDEProduction Monitoring
What production monitoring measures and how manufacturers use it.
Read guide →GUIDEMachine Monitoring Software
How machine signals become reliable production history.
Read guide →VISUAL GUIDE24V Machine Monitoring
Connect legacy machines with simple RUN and production-count signals, then prove the data before scaling.
See the guide →GUIDEWhat Is OEE?
Availability, Performance and Quality explained.
Read guide →GUIDEHow to Calculate OEE
Worked formulas and data-quality checks.
Read guide →GUIDEMonitoring vs MES vs SCADA
Choose the right system scope for the operating problem.
Read guide →GUIDEPLC Production Monitoring
Use controller data safely and validate the right tags.
Read guide →GUIDEOPC UA Production Monitoring
Nodes, security and commissioning for production data.
Read guide →GUIDEModbus Production Monitoring
Registers, counters, polling and communication behaviour.
Read guide →GUIDEDowntime Pareto Analysis
Turn stop history into prioritised improvement work.
Read guide →GUIDEOEE vs Machine Utilisation
Understand two commonly confused manufacturing KPIs.
Read guide →GUIDELegacy Machine Monitoring
Collect trustworthy production data from older equipment without replacing the machine control system.
Read guide →BUYER GUIDEOEE Software Buyer’s Guide
Compare data capture, connectivity, pricing and implementation questions when selecting OEE software.
Read buyer’s guide →COMPARISONExcel vs Power BI vs Live Software
Understand when spreadsheets or BI are enough and when live production-monitoring software is a better fit.
Read comparison →MAINTENANCE PERFORMANCE
Measure the delay before the repair.
Learn how to separate maintenance response time from repair time and total downtime.
SHOP-FLOOR RESPONSE
Operator support and live production visibility.
Explore practical guides on digital Andon calls for help, maintenance response time and what to show on a shop-floor TV dashboard.
See it. Then prove it.