The obvious goal here is to minimize down time and optimize the asset s performance while considering also the economic ramifications involved. At first thought, one would be tempted to conclude that this is the task to be left to maintenance professionals. However, it has become apparent that the combined interest of engineering, operations and maintenance would be best served by conducting this analysis jointly. Then, starting with the most critical assets, an analysis can be conducted to establish base line data, protocol and procedure associated to it. Simplicity and focus is essential to the overall format of a productive analysis.
Complication leads to dilution and distraction from the goals.
This may be a simple question to answer. However, it is important to look beyond the obvious. Again, illustrating the need for cooperation between maintenance, engineering and operations in working together to reference vendor input and equipment manual recourses as well as historical data. Total shut down Lost production, labor hours, profitability 2. Reduced production rates, consider safety issues of adjustments made to continue production, profit margin deteriorization 3.