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A made-up shop, so you can see the board. Nothing here saves.

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Example Shop

This week
10/19/2026to10/23/2026

Nothing down right now.

To do

2 things

Preventive maintenance: 1 overdue, 2 due this week.

SHEAR has been tagged for 7 days. Nobody has it yet.

Unplanned downtime

$1,451

11 hr 20 min across 5 stops

14% less than the same stretch of last week

Biggest loss: Press Brake · $512

Where the number comes from

Wages while down: $612

Lost production profit: $719

Repair costs: $120

Planned downtime: 0 min

By machine

Press Brake4 hr · $512
CNC Lathe3 hr 20 min · $384
CNC Mill2 hr · $299
Fiber Laser2 hr · $256

Maintenance tags

Shear · Running again · Was down 1 hr 15 min

Tagged that it needs a look from maintenance.

Oct 15, 2:15 PM · Luis · Blade gap looks off.

Nobody has it yet · 7 days

Latest entries on the board

Fiber Laser · Electrical · Marcus · Breaker tripped twice.2 hr · Oct 22, 6:10 PM
CNC Lathe · Waiting on maintenance · Dana · Spindle alarm came back. · Done: Put in a new fan.3 hr 20 min · Oct 22, 10:20 AM
CNC Mill · Tooling · Kim · Broke a tap.40 min · Oct 21, 4:30 PM
Press Brake · Mechanical breakdown · Luis · Hose on the back cylinder leaks. · Done: New hose.4 hr · Oct 20, 9:15 AM
CNC Mill · Tooling · Luis · Swapped the end mill.1 hr 20 min · Oct 19, 7:40 AM

Preventive maintenance

1 overdue · 2 due this week

Action items

2 open

Suggestions

1 waiting

Shift handoff

Nothing waiting for the next shift.

Coverage

Every station covered today.

TV mode

The whole floor's live status, sized for a screen on the wall. Open it on the TV's browser, then make it fullscreen.

Top reasons

Mechanical breakdown4 hr · $512
Waiting on maintenance3 hr 20 min · $384
Tooling2 hr · $299
Electrical2 hr · $256

By shift

1st8 hr 40 min · $1,096
2nd2 hr 40 min · $355

Your team link

The team link is the door to the floor. Give it to the people who log. With it they log stops, answer the shift question, write the handoff, add action items, and send suggestions. They never see dollars.

Your team link was opened on 6 phones.

The weekly report

One email a week: what downtime cost, against the week before. It lands the morning of the day you pick in Account.

Past reports

  • Week of Oct 12 · $1,690
  • Week of Oct 5 · $1,212
  • Week of Sep 28 · $1,388
  • Week of Sep 21 · $2,046

Import history

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