Bottling, Canning & Filling Lines worked example

Filler OEE at 99% filler speed performance vs rated speed: a worked example

What does the result look like when filler speed performance vs rated speed reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a filler is being reviewed for downtime, speed loss, low fills, high fills, foam, valve problems, or rejected packages

The inputs for this scenario

  • Filler operating (run) time this shift: 6.8 hr (unchanged)
  • Planned filler production time: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Filler speed performance vs rated speed: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 91)
  • Good-fill quality rate after rejects: 98 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Filler availability = filler operating time ÷ planned filler production time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 82.47 % OEE for filler oee, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 85 % for filler availability.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 99 % for filler speed performance versus standard.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 98 % for good-fill quality after low-fill and high-fill rejects.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where filler speed performance vs rated speed sits at 91% and the headline result is 75.8 % OEE, this scenario comes in 8.79% above the baseline at 82.47 % OEE.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when filler speed performance vs rated speed is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. OEE alone cannot tell you why a loss occurred — an 85% availability could be one long jam or twenty micro-stops, which need very different fixes, so always pair it with a downtime Pareto.

Results at a glance

  • Filler OEE: 82.47 % OEE (headline result)
  • Filler availability: 85 %
  • Filler speed performance versus standard: 99 %
  • Good-fill quality after low-fill and high-fill rejects: 98 %

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Filler OEE calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.