Capacity Loss Reasons

A loss refers to any event that reduces an asset’s efficiency or hinders its ability to produce or assemble a product. Proper configuration of loss data enables meaningful analysis of the root causes of production losses. This, in turn, supports the development and implementation of targeted improvement initiatives aimed at increasing asset efficiency and overall performance.
Three main types of losses exist:

• Time losses
• Capacity losses
• Quality losses.

A capacity loss is any event that negatively impacts on an asset's ability to produce or assemble the desired quantity of products. For example, a component failure that results in a bottling machine filling only 800 bottles per hour instead of the 1000 it is capable of, results in a capacity loss of 200 bottles.

Possible reasons for capacity losses are preconfigured an reused throughout the system.

Also refer to Time Loss Reasons and Quality Loss Reasons for more information.