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KPI System Map / Understand

The number is red.
What gets fixed first?

Choose the KPI that needs attention. Follow the systems behind it, in the order that makes improvement possible.

You do
Explore four stages. Open any system for practical implementation steps.
You leave with
An improvement path, a two-page field guide, and a shareable visual pack.

01 / Choose your starting point

Which result needs work?

8 KPIs / 4 stages per path
01 / Reliability

Asset Availability

Equipment is available when production needs it.

The question to ask

Is lost production coming from frequent failures, slow restoration, or both?

Explore the improvement path
02 / Control

Reactive Work %

How much work the plant forces onto maintenance.

The question to ask

Is demand being captured and controlled before it breaks into the week?

Explore the improvement path
03 / Reliability

MTBF / Repeats

Whether failures are spreading out or the same assets keep returning.

The question to ask

Are you removing failure modes or repeatedly restoring the same conditions?

Explore the improvement path
04 / Reliability

MTTR

How quickly the system restores equipment after a failure.

The question to ask

What slows restoration: diagnosis, parts, access, instructions, or handoff?

Explore the improvement path
05 / Control

Planned Work %

Whether the team controls work before the day begins.

The question to ask

Is work becoming ready before it becomes urgent?

Explore the improvement path
06 / Execution

Schedule Compliance

Whether the agreed weekly plan survives plant reality.

The question to ask

What is breaking the week: poor readiness, false priorities, missing parts, or uncontrolled break-ins?

Explore the improvement path
07 / Execution

PM / PdM Compliance

Whether preventive and condition tasks occur before failure.

The question to ask

Are the right tasks reaching the right assets inside the useful window?

Explore the improvement path
08 / Money

Cost Control

Whether spend is controlled without hiding risk in the backlog.

The question to ask

Are costs falling because the system improved, or because work and risk were deferred?

Explore the improvement path

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