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Issue №6, 2008

Eliminating downtime

Downtime is defined as an event in a process where production is lost.
Unscheduled downtime events are undesirable. This article examines the importance of eliminating downtime and how continuous improvement methodologies, such as `Six Sigma`, and visualisation tools can dramatically reduce downtime occurrences.

Author: A. Koh

Section: Economics

Keywords: downtime, productivity gain, manufacturing, tools

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