A WORLD WITHOUT DOWNTIME: How close are we to a downtime free age?

摘要

Utopias are common in fiction, from Plato's The Republic to The Federation in Star Trek. For manufacturers, a world without unplanned downtime would be the perfect Utopia. Is abolishing unplanned downtime a far-fetched dream, or is it closer than we think? Jonathan Wilkins, marketing director of obsolete industrial equipment supplier, EU Automation shares his vision for a downtime free age According to research by Oneserve, machine downtime is costing British manufacturers over ￡180 billion a year. Unplanned downtime halts production, but can also lead to wasted raw materials or damage to the system itself - amplifying the cost beyond loss of production. Further research conducted by GE Digital found that 70 per cent of companies lack full awareness of when equipment is due for maintenence, upgrade or repair.