Track Planned Downtime using Dispatches - This allows the customer to easily log planned downtime events, such as company meetings or trainings, etc. Planned downtime minutes would then be subtracted from the Availability metric since planned downtime minutes should not be counted as production minutes.
Setup
Under the Dispatch Type, you'll see a new toggle for 'Planned Downtime: Exclude from Availability Production Metric'. With this setting enabled, the minutes against this Dispatch will be subtracted from the Availability metric in Reports, Pitch Boards, Dashboards, etc.
The Operational Availability metric will now be:
(Planned Production Minutes - Production Downtime Minutes - Planned Dispatch Downtime) / Planned Production Minutes * 100
- Prior to the release of the Planned Downtime Exclude settings, neither LMPU nor OA included Planned Downtime in their calculations.
- Planned Downtime will only influence LMPU or OA calculations if the Dispatch Types have the "Exclude from Availability/LMPU" toggle enabled. If the toggle(s) are not activated, the Planned Downtime defaults to 0, keeping the calculations for both metrics the same as before the release.
- The OA and LMPU metrics for sites that have not enabled the "Exclude from Availability/LMPU" toggles will behave the same as they did before the release.
- Regardless of the impact type, if either of the toggles is enabled, the planned downtime will be subtracted in the applicable OA/LMPU calculations.
- PLEASE NOTE: The Planned Downtime: Exclude From dispatch type settings are intended to be enabled on dispatch types that aren't marked as down impact.