Downtime Intelligence
Downtime Cause Tracer
Most plants know how much downtime they had last month. Few know which causes are repeating, which are drifting, and which are being mis-coded at the panel. Downtime Cause Tracer replaces tally sheets with a structured event record that captures the operator note, the prior machine state, and the upstream interlock that triggered the stop. Reliability engineers can then group events by asset, line or category and export a Pareto chart that matches what the team saw on the floor.
Features
Structured stop-event record with state-before / state-after fields
Operator note capture from HMI without leaving the line
Upstream interlock chain visible in one view
Configurable Pareto by asset, category, shift or product
Audit trail of every code change for retrospective accuracy
Responsible
Lee Ji-ho
Industrial Analytics Consultant focused on reliability programs and Pareto-driven loss reduction.
Outcomes
- 1 Investigations move from days to a same-shift conversation
- 2 Repeat causes become visible instead of being averaged out
- 3 Loss codes stop drifting because every change is logged
FAQ
Reviews
“The interlock chain view is the part our team uses most. When a stop cascades upstream we now see it in one place instead of three logbooks.”
“Solid module. We wish the export to Excel kept the colour formatting; that is the only friction point we hit.”
“Helpful for our weekly Pareto. It does not replace a good 5-Why session, and the team here is clear that it is not meant to.”