Sanitation & Food Safety and Plant Maintenance Equipment and Supplies /rss en-us What Does Your Maintenance Regimen Look Like? teald@bnpmedia.com A line not running at optimum efficiency and producing less than expected might only be second to unplanned downtime in terms of headaches faced in manufacturing鈥攂oth of which can be caused by a weak link in the production line. We spoke to Craig Souser, president and CEO of JLS Automation, about overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), about maintenance best practices and strategies to use in order to keep a line operating at its fullest.

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