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Communication & influence · Simplifying the complex

Your customer's procurement lead sees only that your quoted OEE is 65% and reads it as "the plant is broken." On a call, how do you explain what that number actually means and why it isn't the alarm they think it is?

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First I reframe the number before it does damage: 65% isn't a grade, it's a diagnosis, and world-class for a line this complex sits around 85 — so we're mid-pack with a clear path, not broken.…

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