BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Downtime
- a period of time during which a machine is not available for use because of maintenance or breakdown
Wiktionary Definition for: Downtime
- The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash, especially with a for-profit enterprise.
Additional Resources
- The Impact Of Network Downtime On Business Today
- A network unavailable for even a relatively short period of time can represent a substantial loss to a business. While the economic consequences of network downtime are a primary concern, the exact costs of downtime are rarely quantified. The cost of downtime is subjective and invariably contains a wide range...
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Software vulnerabilities raise downtime.(Manager's Notebook)(Brief Article)
- Security vulnerabilities will increasingly be the cause of system downtime, according to Gartner, which says the share of downtime attributable to security vulnerabilities will triple in four years. "Increasing Internet activity, along wi Security vulnerabilities will increasingly be the...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Congressional downtime. (making the most of legislative recesses)
- Congress is home for Christmas. It's downtime on the Hill. But for the association government relations staffer, there is no downtime. There is always something to do or someone to see. Still, traditional Washington, D.C., schedules have periods of r Congress is home for Christmas. It's...
- Research articles 1991-12-01
- Tracking system pinpoints the cause of downtime: constant downtime and overtime were stifling Oregon dairy plant. (Field Reports).(Sunshine Dairy Foods)(Brief Article)
- SUNSHINE DAIRY FOODS' GROWING BUSINESS was straining plant capacity. Constant downtime and overtime were wearing oil everyone at this Portland, Oregon plant. Operations Manager Rick Wolf and Paul Arbuthnot, president of the family-owned dairy, knew throughputs could be increased if they could accurately identify and quantify...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Weyerhaeuser plans downtime at mills
- Weyerhaeuser Co. plans 140,000 tons of downtime at its containerboard mills in the fourth quarter, the company said. Most of the downtime (96,000 tons) will be taken at two mills in Plymouth, N.C., and Springfield, Ore. The rest of the downtime (43,000 tons) will be staggered at the company's five...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- CN Strike Forces Further Downtime at Canfor Sawmills
- Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) announced today that it will be taking production downtime at its Mackenzie sawmill three production days earlier than the Company announced last week beginning February 21st coupled with additional curtailments at other British Columbia mills in Vavenby, Houston and at its Kyahwood remanufacturing joint venture located...
- Research articles 2007-02-21
- Refractory System Reduces Downtime.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- The Norton Foundry Systems business of Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, Worcester, MA, worked with Elyria Foundry, Elyria, OH, to reduce their downtime and operating costs by 50%. The Norton Foundry Systems business of Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics, Worcester, MA, worked with Elyria Foundry, Elyria, OH, to...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Not for even five minutes: how National Semiconductor attacks production downtime.(Technology Broadcasts http://www.manufacturingsystems.com/seminar/)
- Wed., October 15, 11 a.m. ET How National Semiconductor attacks production downtime Within 12 months of implementing a suite of business applications that included asset management, materials management, and ... Wed., October 15, 11...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- Wireless temperature monitoring saves downtime.(Case Study)(GE Infrastructure Sensing )(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
- Downtime is, at best, expensive and, at worst, a disaster: An unscheduled, 15-minute shutdown caused by overheated equipment cost one semiconductor fabricator $2.5 million. To avoid future outages, that manufacturer and other facilities opted for a n Downtime is, at best, expensive and, at worst, a...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Medium Businesses Lose $867,000 a Year to Network Downtime, Says Infonetics Research
- In a new study on network downtime, Infonetics Research found that medium businesses (101 to 1,000 employees) are losing an average of 1% of their annual revenue, or $867,000, to downtime.
- Research articles 2006-03-09
- Curbing PC downtime.(BEST PRACTICES and PROVEN RESULTS)
- What happens when CSRs can't access vital support software due to downtime tied to PC infections? Ultimately, productivity takes a hit. That was the issue facing Time Warner Cable's Greensboro, NC TWCG call center, which employs more than 600 peopl What happens when CSRs can't access...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- The ATI crash Protector[TM] with standard auto reset. Because downtime is never an option. Robotic end effectors.(Robotic End Effectors)
- There's a new standard in crash protection performance--the result of advanced engineering from ATI. The Protector[TM] not only prevents end-effector damage from robotic crashes, it reduces downtime by automatically resetting to within 0.001 inches o There's a new standard in crash protection performance--the result of...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- General Mills slashes downtime with change-management software.(MDT Software's MASS AutoSave computer program)(Brief Article)
- Minimizing downtime applies to computer systems as well as production equipment: The time invested in customizing or updating a factory program can mean significant expense. Minimizing downtime applies to computer systems as well as production equipment: The time invested in customizing or updating a...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- Chevron: Downtime at Richmond Refinery Limits Benefit of High Margins
- The U.S. West Coast industry refining indicator for the first quarter climbed about $6/bbl higher than the fourth quarter 2006 and more than $8/bbl higher than the first quarter 2006, but downtime at Chevron's Richmond, Calif., refinery kept the company fThe U.S. West Coast industry refining indicator for the first...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
- The cost of downtime
- Companies experience an average of 501 hours of network downtime every year, and, as a result, are losing millions of dollars in annual productivity and revenue, according to a study conducted by Infonetics Research. "Overall downtime costs average 3.6% of annual revenue, a significant number, and one likely to...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Large companies lose 2%-16% of annual revenue to network downtime; Finance and manufacturing bleeding the most.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 February 2005-Infonetics Research Inc: Large companies lose 2-16 of annual revenue to network downtime; Finance and manufacturing bleeding the mostC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01312005 SAN JOSE, California - Whether you're a large shipping company, retail chain, hospital, food manufacturer,...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Dell* outlines business continuity solutions for exchange migration in Europe, Middle East and Africa; Research* reveals high uptake of Migration Solutions across businesses of all Sizes in EMEA.; 85% of organisations admit that email downtime would sever
- M2 PRESSWIRE-1 August 2005-DELL: Dell* outlines business continuity solutions for exchange migration in Europe, Middle East and Africa; Research* reveals high uptake of Migration Solutions across businesses of all Sizes in EMEA.; 85 of organisations admit that email downtime would severely impact their businessC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Correcting … Abitibi-Consolidated to Take Downtime at Six of Its Mills
- MONTREAL--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 1997--(ME, TSE:A.) (NYSE:ABY.) Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. announced today that the company will take further market-related downtime to balance its inventories. Approximately 25,000 tonnes of newsprint and 13,000 tonnes of groundwood specialty papers downtime will be taken at the following operations: -0- Newsprint Kenora, Ontario ...
- Research articles 1997-07-31
- -IDC predicts Y2K-related computer downtime to cost USD21bn in 2000 - Industry Trend or Event - Brief Article
- TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 January 2000-IDC predicts Y2K-related computer downtime to cost USD21bn in 2000 C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com IDC's Project Magellan, a research effort that has studied Y2K preparations worldwide and that also monitored the beginning of the new year, estimates that Y2K-related computer downtime will take...
- Research articles 2000-01-04
- Newsprint makers plan downtime
- NEWSPRINT Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Bowater Inc., and Kruger Inc. announced production curtailments for newsprint in North America through May, with Bowater and Abitibi-Consolidated taking shuts for market reasons and Kruger shutting down for maintenance, the companies said. The downtime plans were announced as North American producers worked on implementing a proposed...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
