Quantify the starting condition
Use production history to establish the size and frequency of the loss before changing the process.
FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Give improvement work a measurable loss baseline.
Continuous improvement is easier when teams can quantify the recurring loss, test a countermeasure and see whether the result held over time.
WHAT MATTERS
Production visibility designed around the work.
ClearRivet is intended to give manufacturing teams a common view of machine status, production, downtime and OEE without turning every improvement project into a full MES deployment.
Prioritise repeat losses
Focus on cumulative impact instead of the loudest single breakdown.
Check sustained improvement
Compare the same metric after the change rather than declaring success from one good shift.
PRACTICAL USE
What teams can use the data for.
Include short interruptions
Repeated micro-stops can create meaningful capacity loss even when no individual stop looks important.
Keep reason and product context
Avoid combining unlike production conditions into one misleading average.
Use one source in team reviews
Give operations, engineering and CI the same timeline and KPI basis.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions manufacturers ask.
How does ClearRivet help root-cause analysis?
It provides the event, duration, reason and production context that helps teams prioritise where deeper root-cause work is justified. It does not replace structured problem-solving.
Can it show Pareto charts?
ClearRivet is designed to aggregate downtime and event reasons so recurring losses can be ranked by impact.
Can improvement projects be compared over time?
Historical period comparisons can be used to assess whether key production measures changed after an intervention.
EXPLORE CLEARRIVET
Related production monitoring pages.
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