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Machine downtime – every minute counts!
External disruptions or material fatigue. Unforeseen failures and the associated unplanned requirements are silent dangers for production. It is then crucial that the plant is up and running again quickly.
Predictive maintenance and inspections are essential for smooth production—but they don't cover everything. External factors can also lead to costly production stoppages, making unpredictable demands unavoidable. Here is an overview of the most important causes:
Responsiveness without compromising quality
Are you involved in production management or maintenance at an industrial plant, or do you have responsibility for strategic purchasing? Then a sudden machine breakdown is a nightmare scenario for you. What do you do when there is no replacement available and time is running out?
Whether the cause of the plant failure is unforeseeable material failure, a spontaneous design change, or part wear due to environmental influences, our blog explains how you can respond efficiently to spontaneous needs in production and be optimally prepared.
Downtime and outages are not only frustrating, they also lead to high costs—troubleshooting and procuring new components takes time and can result in significant losses until the machine is back up and running.
Percentage of industrial companies with at least
one unplanned outage per month
Gross profit loss in the event of a
three-day machine breakdown
Total costs for the German
economy due to machine downtime
per hour
Source: ABB study, “Value of Reliability”
Tight deadlines, quick decisions, and mental stress—in extreme situations, everyone involved has a ton of responsibility on their shoulders.
Team pressure
Unplanned demand means
stress: machines stand idle.
Delivery dates are at risk and
the team is under pressure.
Lack of time in production
Every delay costs money
and customer trust:
The aim is to get production up and running again
as quickly as possible.
Cost risk in purchasing
Purchasing faces the challenge of
avoiding unnecessarily high process costs
due to expensive individual orders
under time pressure.
Electrical faults, material failures, design changes, and environmental influences: Learn how differentiated strategies can measurably reduce your downtime.
Many people are familiar with the problem. Only a few have a solution.
We show which approaches really work—and how companies can replace operational chaos with smart processes.
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