https://recurline.com/blog Plain-spoken writing on machine loss, money and decisions. en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://recurline.com/blog/the-six-big-losses-end-to-end https://recurline.com/blog/the-six-big-losses-end-to-end Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Where a plant's productive time really goes: breakdowns, changeovers, minor stops, slow running, scrap and start-up rejects, followed through one shift. https://recurline.com/blog/oee-above-100-percent https://recurline.com/blog/oee-above-100-percent Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An OEE over 100% means the inputs are wrong. Here are the common reasons a reported OEE fails the sniff test, from a plant manager's point of view. https://recurline.com/blog/changeovers-vs-real-losses https://recurline.com/blog/changeovers-vs-real-losses Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT In a dairy plant, much changeover time is mandatory sanitation, not waste. Learn to separate it from recoverable capacity before you chase the wrong time. https://recurline.com/blog/what-a-board-pack-should-say-about-downtime-savings https://recurline.com/blog/what-a-board-pack-should-say-about-downtime-savings Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A template for finance and operations: how to report downtime savings to a board with labelled tiers, honest ranges and only confirmed money as ROI. https://recurline.com/blog/a-worked-example-one-filler-one-quarter https://recurline.com/blog/a-worked-example-one-filler-one-quarter Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT An illustrative walk through one filler's quarter: the loss, the price, the owner, the fix and the saving finance signs. Fictional plant, labelled numbers. https://recurline.com/blog/when-the-machine-that-stopped-isnt-the-one-to-fix https://recurline.com/blog/when-the-machine-that-stopped-isnt-the-one-to-fix Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT In a connected line, the machine that stops is often not the cause. Learn to read a stoppage so the right machine gets fixed and the loss stays fixed. https://recurline.com/blog/three-tiers-of-money https://recurline.com/blog/three-tiers-of-money Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Downtime savings need three labels: observed, estimated and confirmed. Only finance-confirmed money counts for ROI. Here is why, and how to use each tier. https://recurline.com/blog/the-monday-loss-meeting https://recurline.com/blog/the-monday-loss-meeting Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A loss meeting works when it leaves with one ranked loss, one owner and one date. Here is how to run it, and what to do with the other nineteen.