In its August 2011 issue, Brazil's leading quality magazine, “Banas Qualidade”, published whitepaper “Process Capability and Overall Equipment Effectiveness in Quality Management and Continuous Improvement“, recently issued by ASI DATAMYTE managers Rusty Ekstrom and Terry Gilbert. The paper debunks the notion that Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is all that any quality program needs and that rigorous Process Capabilities (PC) and six-sigma goals are unnecessary. It examines the impact of defect levels, how they affect complex process and the overall cost of failures.

PC and OEE in Quality Management and Continuous Improvement - English (pdf)

Recursos de Processo e Eficiencia Global de Equipamento - Portuguese (pdf)