Mixing, Blending & Industrial Batch Processing worked example
Batch Cycle OEE at 99% cycle performance rate: a worked example
What does the result look like when cycle performance rate reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when monthly review needs a defensible mixer OEE that ties to actual batch records, not just controller availability data.
The inputs for this scenario
- Mixer operating time: 420 hr (unchanged)
- Planned production time: 480 hr (unchanged)
- Cycle performance rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 92)
- First-pass batch quality: 98 % (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Availability = mixer operating time ÷ planned production time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 84.89 % for effective availability, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 87.5 % for base availability.
- At this operating point the engine returns 99 % for performance factor.
- At this operating point the engine returns 98 % for quality factor.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where cycle performance rate sits at 92% and the headline result is 78.89 %, this scenario comes in 7.61% above the baseline at 84.89 %.
- A figure at this level is achievable when cycle performance rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It rolls three very different losses into one number, so two lines with identical OEE can have completely different problems — always read the underlying factors.
Results at a glance
- Effective availability: 84.89 % (headline result)
- Base availability: 87.5 %
- Performance factor: 99 %
- Quality factor: 98 %
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Batch Cycle OEE calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.