Business GCSE
Downtime
What Downtime means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Downtime
The period when machinery is not actively producing goods, often because it is being cleaned or reset.
Topics that use Downtime
- Production processes (OCR GCSE)
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Using Downtime in the exam
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