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In most cases, the reason why businesses start tracking machine downtime is simple: they're trying to reduce the impact of what is currently a time-consuming, frustrating, and (most importantly) expensive problem as much as possible. But successful equipment downtime tracking isn't about merely learning how often a problem occurs so you can react to it quickly. It's understanding why that problem occurs so you can take proactive steps to avoid it whenever you can. Indeed, it is that ability to turn insight into action that is the cornerstone of any successful effort to prevent these unfortunate, unexpected events - let alone to improve your OEE scores over time. That action will also require the support of organizational leaders in more ways than one. Downtime Tracking: Understanding Your Data Again, effective downtime tracking is about more than just confirmation that you have a problem. If you only knew when an unplanned downtime event started and stopped you wou...

Time. It doesn't matter what type of business you're running - it's absolutely one of the most valuable assets you have. Indeed, that's a big part of what makes tracking machine downtime so appealing to so many - it helps identify problems quickly so that you can take corrective action just as fast. But at the same time, some people don't seem to lean into the "real-time" nature of equipment downtime tracking quite as much as they should. They get the insight they need right away, but they're still reacting in the same way they used to. Instead, they need to be as proactive as possible. Getting to this point will require a bit of a perspective shift and will likely require you to keep a few key things in mind. Instant Insight Empowers Instant Action If you're only investing in a downtime tracking solution so that you can instantly know A) when a machine is running, and B) when it isn't, you're only tapping into a fraction of the poten...