Utilization Loss
Industrial Engineering
Utilization Loss
Lost productive potential caused by idle time, imbalance, waiting or unavailable work.
Examples
- 01On the packaging line, utilization loss of 18 % comes from operators waiting for the case packer to restart.
- 02The weekly review shows utilization loss by station, separating waiting for material, waiting for machines and line imbalance.
- 03Rebalancing the line removes most utilization loss at station 3, which was idle for 15 seconds of every 60-second takt.