Analyze stops and production losses

Analyze stops and losses to understand why a line, workstation, or operation produces less than expected. This workflow uses shop floor records: time, pauses, quantities, rejects, and inspections.

Review losses

Path: Smart Factory > Dashboards > OEE by workstation

Choose the period and resource

Select the workstation and date interval.

Review availability

Check how long the resource was stopped, unassigned, or outside production.

Review performance

Compare actual speed with the expected rate to identify cycle losses.

Review quality

Analyze rejects, failed inspections, or nonconforming production.

Sort stop reasons

Identify recurring interruptions and separate planned causes from incidents.

Define an action

Finish the review with a concrete decision: maintenance, process change, training, recipe adjustment, or material improvement.

Useful questions

Question	Data to review
Where is the most time lost?	Pauses by resource, shift, process, or order.
Is the loss recurring?	Frequency of the same stop reason.
Is the operation slower?	Completed quantity compared with actual time.
Is there a quality problem?	Rejects, inspections, and comments.
Does it depend on materials?	Consumption, lots, and stock shortages.

Analysis reliability depends on shop floor records. If pauses or quantities are missing, correct the recording process first.

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