Downtime Reasons
3 min
the downtime reasons page is where all reason codes are created and maintained reason codes are organised in a hierarchical tree structure that mirrors how most manufacturing organisations categorise their losses, from broad categories down to specific root causes reason trees a single site can have multiple reason trees (e g one per product family, one per department, or a single global tree) each tree is an independent hierarchy that can be assigned to one or more equipment or equipment classes tree structure reason tree (top level container) └── level 1 – parent reason code (e g 'mechanical failure') └── level 2 – child reason code (e g 'conveyor belt') └── level 3 – child reason code (e g 'belt snapped') └── level 1 – parent reason code (e g 'planned maintenance') └── level 2 – child reason code (e g 'lubrication') └── level 2 – child reason code (e g 'filter change')
