Plant Floor

Selected focus / Reliability

Asset AvailabilityWhat moves the number?

Availability improves when failure frequency and restoration delay are managed as one system.

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

Reference target

95%+ on constraint assets

Use a consistent definition and your plant’s operating context.

The improvement path

Build the foundations.
Then move upstream.

Choose a stage. See what each system does, why it belongs, and the first action to take.

Stage 1 / Maturity 1

Capture the loss

Create trustworthy downtime and work history.

01 / Build this first

Work Order Management

What it does
If it's not in a work order, it didn't happen.
Why it matters here
Availability cannot be improved until downtime, asset, cause, and restoration work are captured consistently.
Your first move

Define minimum required fields: asset, priority, work type, description, completion notes

Stage 1 of 4

Supporting layer

Useful after the foundations hold

Put Fix the System to work

One improvement. Three useful views.

Open the book’s worksheets
  1. 01Explore

    Choose the right tool

    Start with your role and the foundations your plant has in place.

    Maintenance Tool Roadmap
  2. 02You are here

    Trace what moves the KPI

    Find the supporting systems and the first change to investigate.

    KPI System Map
  3. 03Explore

    Give the change an owner

    Connect the result to a role measure, a practical action, and a review.

    KPI Cascade Framework

Use the book’s cycle and playbook picker to choose a response, then bring the relevant worksheet to the team. These connections guide an investigation; they do not prove a cause.

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Build the maintenance dashboard

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A visual pack for sharing. A field guide for working.

Share the two-slide overview, or bring the two-page PDF field guide to your next team review.

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The operating manual

Fix the System.

Chapter 3 maps the cycle. Chapter 14 selects the first playbook. Chapters 15–24 install the response behind the KPI.

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