Downtime Notes: Definitions & Explanations PDF | Download eBooks

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Downtime Notes:

If an organization works an 8-hour shift, the available time of production is 8-hours. However, the equipment, and workers are not always available for work. The time taken to actually perform the work on the material and products is called uptime. Moreover, the idle time during which no work is performed is called downtime. Downtime can include time when a machine is out of order, when workers are resting, or when the production system is stopped due to process variation that results in production of non-conforming products or items. Production system can also sit idle when the material from the supplier is of poor quality. This downtime incurs costs to the organization.

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