Downtime

Downtime is production time lost due to planned or unplanned stoppages. Planned downtime covers scheduled stops such as beginning-of-shift production meetings, changeovers to other products, and scheduled maintenance. Unplanned downtime covers stops caused by breakdowns, machine adjustments, material shortages, and absenteeism.

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Study notes

Downtime is split into two categories: planned and unplanned.
Planned downtime examples: beginning-of-the-shift production meetings, changeovers to produce other products, scheduled maintenance.
Unplanned downtime examples: breakdowns, machine adjustments, materials shortages, absenteeism.
The document lists it alongside Overall Equipment Effectiveness and Total Productive Maintenance; Total Productive Maintenance has no matching reference entry.