Earthmoving Equipment Management Metrics

Measurement Calculation What is Needed ! What will I have as a Benchmark

result !
Machine History Records: Machine age with knowledge of life Yes
1 SMU, service & repair history, component history, and load factors
relating to site specific performance.
Severity history (TPMS/VIMS) and fuel usage.
2 Availability Operating hours history. An overall indication of how reliable 92% new
A (%) = Operating Hours
X 100 Maintenance downtime hours history. the machine is and how efficient 88% mature
Operating Hours + Downtime maintenance is carried out.
3 Utilisation Operating Hours - Work delays
Operating hours history. Equipment use within the total 90%
U (%) = X 100 All recorded work delays in production. available hours.
Operating Hours

4 MTBF Operating Hours Operating hours history. Reliability 80 hrs new

Mean time between failure MTBF Machine hour meter history. Reliability of design + Reliability of 60 hrs mature
Downtime incident counter. (part of R&M skill.
= Total no. of incidents of downtime
history)
5 MTTR Downtime hours history. Maintainability 3 - 6 hrs
Mean time to repair Downtime Hours Downtime incident counter. Machine turnaround (return to productive
MTTR work).
Efficiency of product design, labour
= Total no. of incidents of downtime
skill & logistics.
6 MR Maintenance man-hour (labour usage) history. Effort invested. 0.2 new
Maintenance ratio Maintenance man- hours Operating hours or SMU history. Quality of repairs and labour. 0.3 mature
MR = Operating hours

7 Planning Efficiency A downtime incident counter that differentiates Who is in control ! 80 %

PE (%) No. of Scheduled downtime between scheduled & un-scheduled incidents. Is the machine in control or the
incidents X 100
= Total no. of downtime Incident = repairs only or repairs + PM's. maintenance dept. ?
incidents
8 Top Ten Problems Downtime records identifying : A focus on the major Yes
Problem/issues of concern, no. of Occurrences, problems/issues that are
costs, labour hrs and machine downtime. affecting machine performance and
economics.
e.g. training needs, parts inventory, site
severity ......

9 Downtime per System Downtime records identifying : Fundamental information for product Yes
Cause of failure, failure analysis, symptom, problem management.
& Component downtime hrs & parts consumed. A list of priorities for future focus.

10 Service Accuracy PM service programmed SMU. Targeted hrs. Maintenance dept. effectiveness to Within 10 %
SA (%) PM service recorded SMU. Actual hrs. follow a plan.
Service hrs programmed - Service hrs
100
executed X Smallest PM interval. e.g. engine oil change Control of fluid compartments
= Lowest service
denominator minimise extended drain intervals.

Measurement Calculation What is Needed ! What will I have as a result ! Benchmark

Things To Do:

11 Backlog Age Unit No. : Inspection program. Equipment general condition. Yes
Repair Date logged Date due Planned action Priority level Operator/Pit Supervisor feedback program. Inspection program quality and performance.
1. Efficient Backlog Management System. Opportunity work plans and their execution.
2. 1. Paper system. Am I standing on a solid base ?
3. 2. Wall chart.
3. Computer system.
1.

12 Record-Keeping Forms to capture the necessary data ! A data acquisition process & methodology. 100 %
p Computerised Information system. A future source of information critical to successful
Management and Organisation commitment. equipment management over the life cycle.
Machine File

Comonent

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13 Trend Analysis Line of "best" fit (linear regression). Downloadable data from machine. e.g. VIMS, TPMS, ET ...... Prognostics ! Yes
Histogram (frequency distribution). SOS and Interpretation data. Component life cycle management process. Component
life targets.
Cumulative generation rate (rates of change). Consumables history. e.g. tyres, lights, filters ......... Problem management.
Application status !

14 Operating Cost All direct costs associated with machine/fleet ; A financial review and perspective of machine/fleet 100 %
Includes ... all parts, labour & miscellaneous costs ($). performance.
Performance Operating hours history ... smu gathered weekly @ min. Needed information to "keep feet on the ground".
Cost/hr = Operating Cost ($) Are we buying availability ?
Operating hours
15 Operating Cost Actual operating cost($)/hr data accumulated from An "operating statement" for the machine/fleet. Within 10%
[ ( ) ] machine/fleet history. A review of Budget vs Actual cost($) variance. of budget
Actual Operating Cost/Hr
Efficiency OCE (%) 1 -
($/hr)
X 100
Budget operating cost($)/hr data projected for the How are we travelling against targeted costs ?
= Budgeted Operating Cost/Hr
($/hr) period running. Who is in control of the business ?

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