Compare which machines keep stopping and whether corrective work is still open.
Repeat breakdowns.
CMMS for Manufacturing Plant Managers
Before changing the production order, you need to know which machine is down, what is holding up the repair, and whether the same fault has happened before. MaintBoard brings work orders, equipment downtime, and preventive maintenance records together so you can decide where production, maintenance, or stores needs to act.
- See which equipment failures are costing production time.
- Find the repairs waiting for parts or access to the line.
- Agree when maintenance can complete overdue preventive work.
Which maintenance issues need a decision from you?
At the morning meeting, the team reports that a press restarted after another stoppage. A repair on the packaging line is still waiting for a spare. You need enough detail to decide where to give maintenance time and which delay to help clear.
A restart can hide a repeat failure.
- The press is running again, but the last few stops may justify an investigation during the next planned production window.
A job on hold can involve several teams.
- Check whether stores needs to find a spare or production needs to release the equipment before deciding who can move the repair forward.
An overdue job needs an agreed window.
- A PM can stay overdue across several shifts when nobody has agreed when the line can stop.
Run the daily plant review from the maintenance record
Start with equipment affecting today's production. Use the underlying work orders to agree what needs to happen before the next review.
- 1
Check what is affecting the shift.
- Open the active breakdowns and review the latest status, ownership, and recorded reason for any delay.
- 2
Compare repeat failures and lost production time.
- Look at how often the press stopped and how much downtime was recorded. Review previous repairs with maintenance before agreeing on an investigation.
- 3
Agree on access and follow up.
- Settle which overdue work needs production time. At the next meeting, check what the team completed and which actions are still open.
What to bring into a production meeting
Equipment downtime and repeat failures.
See which assets are losing the most time or stopping repeatedly.
Planned work and overdue PMs.
Review what is due and which jobs need a production window.
Repairs waiting for parts.
Check the recorded hold reason and review stock with stores.
Three decisions you can make with the records
Investigate a recurring press fault.
Compare downtime and earlier repairs before giving maintenance a longer planned stop.
Release a busy line for overdue work.
Review what is due, then agree when the line can be made available.
Clear a delay between departments.
Use the work order to confirm which team can resolve a parts or production-access issue.
What to review week over week
Compare equipment over the same reporting period and review the largest losses with maintenance.
Recorded downtime.
Review jobs completed on time and the overdue work behind the number.
PM compliance.
Plant Manager FAQs
- Can I see what is holding up a repair?
- Yes. Open the work order to review its status, the assigned team, and the hold reason when maintenance has recorded one.
- Can I see which machines keep breaking down?
- Use the repeat breakdown report and open the equipment history to review earlier faults, repairs, and recorded downtime.
- Can I review preventive maintenance completion for the plant?
- Use the PM compliance report for the period, then check the due date and completion details on individual work orders.
- Can we review maintenance evidence during an audit?
- Completed work orders and equipment history can show the work performed and the checklist results, readings, notes, or photos the team recorded.
Bring one machine that keeps coming up in production meetings
We'll show how to review its stoppages, see what maintenance already tried, and decide what needs production time or leadership support.