Creating Downtime Categories and Reasons
You can identify areas for process improvement by tracking downtime events that might occur during the manufacturing process.
Downtime categories identify the time an event caused a manufacturing process or operation to stop running. For example, maintenance, repair, or setup.
Downtime reasons provide insight into why manufacturing operations are not running. For example, e-stop (emergency stop), waiting on material, or waiting on operator.
To edit existing downtime events, go to Advanced Manufacturing > Administration/Setup > Downtime and then click Edit beside the category or reason.
To create a downtime category:
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Go to Advanced Manufacturing > Administration/Setup > Downtime Categories > New.
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Enter a descriptive Downtime Category name that is unique across all subsidiaries and locations.
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Click Save.
To create a downtime reason:
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Go to Advanced Manufacturing > Administration/Setup > Downtime Reasons > New.
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To connect this reason to a category, select the Downtime Category.
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Enter a descriptive Downtime Reason that is unique across all subsidiaries and locations.
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To improve reporting, enter a brief Downtime Description.
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If you are using a scanner to capture downtime, in the Downtime Scanner Code field, enter a bar code to represent the downtime reason code.
You can use an abbreviation of the reason, excluding any spaces or special characters.
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Click Save.