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.