BP Metric 3.5.4 MDT
BP Metric 3.5.4 MDT
BP Metric 3.5.4 MDT
A. Definition:
Mean Downtime (MDT) is the average Total Downtime required to restore an asset to its full
operational capabilities. MDT includes the time from reporting of an asset being down to asset being
given back to operations / production to operate. MDT includes administrative time of reporting,
logistics - materials procurement and lock-out/tag-out of equipment, etc. for repair or preventive
maintenance. The components of Total Downtime are Scheduled Downtime and Unscheduled
Downtime as shown in Figure 1.
B. Objectives:
This metric is used to assess the total repair time including delays associated with administrative and
logistics time required. The review of total “repair time” including delays would help in developing
corrective actions to reduce the total downtime and to improve workforce productivity.
C. Formula:
MDT = Total Downtime in a specified period (hours) / Number of Downtime Events during a
specified period
D. Component Definitions
E. Sample Calculation:
If an asset had 10 downtime events in 1000 hours of operation and the downtimes due to
these downtime events were 3, 9, 15, 8, 7, 14, 2, 4, 8 and 6 hours respectively, due equipment
failures, tooling change-outs, modifications, etc., then during the period of operation: