OLE allows manufacturers to make operational decisions by giving them the ability to analyze the cumulative effect of these three workforce factors on productive output, while considering the impact of both direct and indirect labor.
OLE supports Lean and Six Sigma methodologies and applies them to workforce processes, allowing manufacturers to make labor-related activities more efficient, repeatable and impactful.
Effective training can increase performance by improving the skills that directly impact the quality of output.
A skilled operator knows how to measure work, understands the impacts of variability, and knows to stop production for corrective actions when quality falls below specified limits.
Accurately measuring this metric with OLE can pinpoint performance improvement opportunities down to the individual level.
It also helps managers understand whether corrective actions did, in fact, solve problems and improve overall productivity.