Walk Downtime Through Recovery
Use OEE and PDCA thinking to decide how to recover a production schedule after unplanned downtime.
Downtime hit A filler fault removes 95 scheduled minutes from Line 3 before lunch. The plan can still recover, but only if the lost availability is treated as real. Recovery loop Recalculate -> choose recovery -> check quality -> prevent repeat OEE names what was lost. PDCA keeps the recovery from becoming another source of loss. Shortcut Run faster and hope output catches up. A recovery plan that protects shipments and avoids repeated faults. Recovery is a controlled planning cycle, not a heroic speed-up. 01 Loss 02 Recovery 03 Check OEE lens The line lost 95 scheduled minutes. The remaining…
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