In today's intense business environment, increased competition underscores the importance of low-cost and efficient operation manufacturing and packaging. Quality groups are becoming more significant to the existing margin of contribution. Operational challenges such as asset utilization, cost reduction, cycle time enhancements, improved delivery consistency, and schedule adherence have been recognized by corporate leaders as imperative issues to be addressed. The Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is an all-inclusive measurement of manufacturing productivity. OEE is used extensively in high tech industries, such as Semiconductors, and relies heavily on two pieces of information: Line run rates (UPH-units per hour) and Line states (i.e., Down, Change Over). OEE measures the effective utilization of capital assets and correlates them to financial results. cResults has leveraged this approach in the Life Science industry to measure and improve packaging lines, compression suites, and laboratory critical instruments. cResults can work with your team to apply these methodologies to alleviate bottlenecks through identification of the root causes for current deficiencies and supporting the implementation of proposed improvements.