Business GCSE

Downtime

What Downtime means in Business GCSE, as defined for OCR.

Definition of Downtime

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Reference: OCR

The period when machinery is not actively producing goods, often because it is being cleaned or reset.

OCR · Production processes (study guide)

Topics that use Downtime

Production processes (OCR GCSE)

Related terms

Automation
Batch Production
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)

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