OEE and loss tracking for South African plants

Every minute lost, explained. Every fix, proved.

Vloerboek watches a machine, finds the loss, gives the fix an owner and a date, checks that it worked, and shows the Rands. Built for South African plants: load shedding as its own loss, terminals that work offline, five languages, POPIA by construction.

Line 2 · MorningSimulated line · not plant data09:41
75%Line OEE
81%Grid-adjusted
R25 344lost this shift, two views kept apart in the office
P1Running 83%Press 1R3 800
P2Running 76%Press 2R7 220
P3Grid 63%Load shedding · 15 minR11 474
F1Planned 85%Finishing 1R2 850
LB1Grid 70%Load shedding · 51 min–

The board below is a simulated line. Every figure on it is computed from the tape you can see, one minute at a time.

One stop, followed to the Rand

A stop is not a red bar. It is a minute with a cost, a reason with a category, a fix with a name on it, and a saving nobody counts until it is signed. This is the same stop, read in four places.

  1. 09:30On the floor · Press 3

    The operator says why, in one tap

    Two taps on the terminal at the machine, gloves on. The minute gets its reason and its cost there and then.

    Stop 409:30 to 09:41
    Reason · MaterialNo material
    Time lost11 min
    Parts not made44 units
    Cost, idle hour viewR2 090
    Logged byEmployee 10417
  2. 10:05In the office

    Twice in a shift opens a problem

    The second stop for the same reason calls the supervisor and opens a problem, with an owner, an action and a date.

    ProblemP-0412
    PatternNo material · 2nd this shift
    OwnerT. Mokoena, stores
    ActionKanban at press 3, two bins
    DueFri 25 Sep
    Expected, a weekR8 400
  3. 08 OctTen shifts later

    Before and after, over a window

    Ten shifts after the fix, before and after are compared over a window. The saving counts only once an engineer signs it.

    Stops a shift, before4.1
    Stops a shift, after0.6
    Window10 shifts
    Saved in the windowR18 400
    Accepted byN. Pillay, engineer
    Verified · R18 400signed 08 Oct · counts from here
  4. OctoberIn the monthly report

    The board reads what was signed

    The month's report shows only what was signed, with the grid's losses kept apart from the plant's own.

    Verified savings, Line 2R41 200
    Still open, ageing2 actions
    Lost to the gridR14 700
    Lost internallyR27 950
    Paid for itself on14 Nov
    Printed twice, saysthe same thing

Built for plants here, not adapted for them

Said as facts, with their units. Nothing on this list is a setting you switch on later.

61%OEE
78%Grid-adjusted OEE
Stage 4 · 08:50 to 11:20 · from EskomSePush

Load shedding is its own loss

The grid's minutes are hatched on the tape and kept out of the plant's own figure. Every screen shows OEE and grid-adjusted OEE side by side, always both, so nobody argues about whose fault the hour was.

queued · 3synced 12:04

The terminal works through the outage

A R2 000 Android tablet, gloves on, two taps to log a stop. Events queue on the device and sync when the network returns; the tape is replayed exactly as it happened because nothing is ever rewritten.

  • ENNo material
  • ZUAyikho into
  • XHAkukho mat.
  • AFGeen mat.
  • STHa ho thepa
The same button, on five terminals

Five languages on the floor

English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans and Sesotho, chosen per person from their tag. Learning at the machine speaks the operator's language; the office report reads in the manager's.

EmployeeMachineMinutesName
10417Press 311not exported
10388Press 16not exported
exports carry employee numbers, never names

POPIA by construction

Consent is asked in so many words. Every organisation's data sits behind row-level security from its first row; an audit log records who read what and why. Exports leave guarded and by employee number.

From a lost minute to a signed Rand

Every OEE product measures. The value is in the chain from the measurement to the signed saving. Vloerboek owns the chain.

  1. MeasurePulses become states, states become events. Append-only, replayable.
  2. DiagnoseRecurrence calls the supervisor and opens a problem record with evidence.
  3. ActionAn owner, a date, an expected benefit. It escalates when it ages.
  4. VerifyBefore and after over a window. Benefit counts only on a signed accept.
  5. SustainStandard work updated, a one-point lesson at the machine, a skills matrix.
  6. MonetizeRands lost to the grid and Rands lost internally, as two honest numbers.

What it costs

Prices in Rand a month, excluding VAT. Pay monthly, or for 6 or 12 months at a time; a prepaid term keeps its price until it renews.

Billed each month. Change or stop at the end of any month.

Floor

Measure every machine and see the loss in the same shift, in Rand.

R9 500a month
R9 500 a month, excluding VAT.
Up to 6 machines
  • Terminals and phones on every machine, by QR sticker
  • Live line boards and the andon board
  • OEE, the shift tape and the loss ledger in Rand
  • Load shedding on the record, and grid-adjusted OEE
  • Daily and weekly reports, search and machine history
  • Five languages: English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho
  • Maintenance tickets, preventive work and spare parts

Plant

Close the loop: find the loss, give it an owner, prove the fix, count the saving.

R18 000a month
R18 000 a month, excluding VAT.
Up to 20 machines
  • Everything in Floor
  • Problems and root cause, opened by the losses themselves
  • Actions with escalation, verified fixes and Gains
  • Standard work, approved and applied by shift
  • One-point lessons at the machine
  • Learning paths and the skills matrix
  • Layered process audits
  • Quality containment: holds, first pieces and lots
  • The calibration register and gauge checks
  • Changeovers (SMED) against their standards
  • Products from plan to machine to measured record
  • CSV imports for machines, products, people and orders
  • The ERP file: postings in your ERP's layout
  • The floor twin in 3D

Group

Several sites, one executive page, one contract.

R36 000a month
R36 000 a month, excluding VAT.
Up to 60 machines
  • Everything in Plant
  • Site comparison, the executive view and present mode
  • The monthly executive report and the month-end pack
  • The audit evidence pack
  • Guarded exports of your data, audited
  • The API and signed webhooks, the ERP feed included
  • A named support contactService

Every organisation starts with a 30-day trial on up to 3 machines, from an editable sample plant with a press line and a packaging line. When a trial ends with no package, you keep reading and exporting your own data; new shifts wait until someone calls. Nothing is deleted. More than 60 machines, or several sites with their own contracts: book a demo and we price per site.

Questions plant managers ask

Straight answers. If yours is not here, write to us and a person replies.

What is Vloerboek?

Vloerboek is OEE and loss tracking for South African manufacturing plants. Operators log every stop on a tablet at the machine, the office sees each lost minute in Rand in the same shift, and every fix gets an owner, a date and a saving that counts only once it is verified.

Does it keep working during load shedding?

Yes. The terminal keeps recording through an outage and sends everything when the network returns, in the order it happened. Load shedding is kept as its own loss, so every screen shows OEE and grid-adjusted OEE side by side.

Which languages does the floor use?

English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans and Sesotho. Each operator's language is set on their own profile, so the terminal speaks it the moment they tag in, and the manager's report reads in the manager's language.

What do we need on the floor to start?

A tablet at each machine. Operators log stops and counts with two taps, gloves on, and there is nothing to wire into the machine to begin.

How does Vloerboek handle POPIA?

Consent is asked in so many words, each organisation's data is kept apart from its very first row, every read of personal data is logged, and exports carry employee numbers, never names.

What does it cost, and is there a trial?

Prices are in Rand a month, excluding VAT, and are listed on this page. Every organisation starts with a 30-day trial on up to 3 machines, from a sample plant you can change.

Bring one line. We will read its shift with you.

Book a demo and we walk your own floor with you, or start a trial today on a sample plant you can change.

Or write to us info@vloerboek.com