Downtime causes and categories for any Facility can be edited through the "Causes" settings page. This is accessible to Manager level users by clicking the "Causes" button in the settings page for a Facility.
Once selected, the following page will appear. The Causes page contains two tabs - Causes, and Categories
Categories Tab
Downtime categories are a way to group multiple different causes of downtime for summary and analysis. Each category may have multiple potential downtime causes that belong to it.
In the categories tab, we can add, edit, or delete the different downtime categories.
Add Category
To add a downtime category, click , input the category name and click
once complete.
Causes Tab
The Causes tab shows a list of all possible downtime causes applicable for a given facility. It shows information like the type of loss, the downtime category, etc.
Here we can add, edit, or delete potential downtime causes for a facility.
Add Cause
To add a cause, select , and the following display will pop up.
- Select the type of category the downtime cause belongs to
- Select the type of loss, either availability, performance, or planned shutdown
- Availability and performance will affect their respective OEE metric, whereas planned shutdown will be excluded from any OEE calculation
- Input the name, code, and description for the cause
- Equipment failure: Select if the downtime cause will be considered to be related to equipment failure and will be included in maintenance reports
- Planned downtime: Select if this is a planned downtime event such as breaks or scheduled maintenance, and the expected downtime for that event
- Click
once complete