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Many organizations
neglect or forget one of the key elements for success: Machine Uptime.
By paying attention to machines and the reasons they stop we gain an understanding
of our weaknesses.
This understanding
can lead to operator training, machine functionality improvements, and
better preventive maintenance. Thus, improving our manufacturing processes
and our organization's financial performance.
The only way to achieve
this understanding is to develop an information system that can help you
track each downtime event.
Tracking each downtime event allows
managers or supervisors to graph machine performance, evaluate total downtime per shift, per
product number, and downtime per operator.
Finally, you can start a
continuous improvement process involving your machine operators, production
supervisors, shift managers, mechanics and engineers.
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