On occasion, I’ve discussed maintenance productivity, as measured by wrench time, with plant managers and operations executives. It’s not infrequent that their energy is around supervisors in work execution. They feel that supervisors should be better disciplinarians,...

It's About The Work-Process, Not The People...

What is Time-on-Tools?

Time-on-Tools (ToT) is a productivity measure of crafts personnel on their tools performing assigned work. Contrary to some perspectives, work crews have little control of overall productivity. So To...