General framework about graphical analysis for overall effectiveness management

This article introduces a general framework about a graphical tool for the monitoring of performance indicators called GAOEM (Graphical Analysis for Overall Effectiveness Management). GAOEM is used in a real industrial process, integrating the main indicators of maintenance and operations management and performing an adaptation on the indicator of the overall effectiveness, the OEE/OAE. GAOEM facilitates control and analysis by using specific indicators (graphic panel). It also facilitates an efficient reading and interpreting of the data, enriching the analysis, the search for phenomena of interest and improvement opportunities and supporting the decision making. GAOEM can be used as a diagnosis, analysis, control and monitoring tool for the indicators of interest, as well as a tool for searching of phenomena typical of the life cycle of assets and also those that result from improper operation and/or maintenance, identifying its root causes.