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Wrench Time<\/h1>

Everything you ever needed to know about wrench time.<\/h3><\/header>Free Guide to Maintenance Metrics<\/span><\/a>\n
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<\/span>What is wrench time?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Wrench time<\/b> (sometimes also referred to as <\/span>tool time<\/b>) is a metric that shows how much time maintenance techs spend with a tool in their hand, performing actual maintenance work.<\/span><\/p>\n

To understand wrench time, it is really important to understand what it doesn\u2019t measure. Wrench time <\/span>doesn\u2019t include<\/b> the time technicians spend on getting the right tools and spare parts, reading the work order, traveling to the location where the job is performed, breaks and <\/span>idle time<\/span><\/a>, giving instructions, etc., only the time spent performing maintenance work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right off the bat, there is your first issue. Many of the activities listed in the last paragraph are essential to performing maintenance work. You can\u2019t complete a Work Order if you do not pick up the right tools and walk to the machine you need to service (unfortunately, teleportation is still not an option :)).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you plan to measure it, you have to keep in mind that wrench time does exclude many value-adding actions and as such is not a good measure of overall productivity.
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The second problem is that<\/span> even if you do have high wrench time, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean your department is doing an excellent job<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wrench time won\u2019t tell you if workers are performing the job on time (need 4 hours to perform something that should take 3) and if they are actually performing quality work. In other words, you know that some work has been performed, but you do not know how effective it was. This is why some businesses skip measuring wrench time altogether and focus on <\/span>defining and measuring other maintenance KPIs<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-bottom” kd_top_separator_style=”skew-left” kd_top_separator_height=”separator-height-small” kd_bottom_separator_style=”skew-left” kd_bottom_separator_height=”separator-height-small” kd_top_separator=”true” kd_bottom_separator=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1682969477455{margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-top: 120px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background: #dde4e8 url(https:\/\/limblecmms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cta-laired-hex-4.webp?id=9077) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;border-radius: 0px !important;}” css_tablet_landscape=”.vc_custom_1682969477456{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}” css_tablet_portrait=”.vc_custom_1682969477456{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}” css_mobile=”.vc_custom_1682969477456{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top”][vc_column_inner]

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