A spindle alarm stops Mill 2 during a job. Maintenance opens a work order, but the production schedule has already changed. A repair task that says “complete” does not tell the planner which jobs can start, or when.
Show both sides of the interruption
The maintenance work order needs the asset, fault, operator report, recent history, diagnosis, parts, permit and repair result. Planning needs the current job, jobs queued for the machine, alternative capacity and any delivery risk.
Connect those views with a small set of shared facts: asset ID, when it went down, expected return time, current restrictions and whether it is cleared for use. Planning needs that decision before assigning another job to the machine.
Make the return decision explicit
After repair, capture the test result and any safety or quality check required by the site. The authorized owner clears the machine for use, with any limits such as a trial run or a reduced operating range. Planning can then assign work within those limits.
Planning makes a second decision: which job gets the first slot? The interrupted job may no longer be the right one if material, staffing or a downstream test bay has moved. Record the new sequence and tell the shift what changed.
Test with one breakdown
Pick a recent fault and ask four questions: when did the plant know the asset was down, when did planning see the effect, what evidence cleared the asset, and when did the revised schedule reach the floor? The time between those events is a more useful starting measure than the number of maintenance tickets closed.
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Buğra Gündüz
Buğra Gündüz is the co-founder and CEO of Bourne and co-founder of HockeyStack. He built HockeyStack into an eight-figure AI business. At Bourne, he works with entrepreneurs and established companies to create AI products and services.