Utilisation · The utilisation measure · Element
The denominator
What the reading is measured against, and why that basis was chosen.
The part
What it is
Practical capacity means capacity after maintenance, changeover, and the variability the asset must absorb.
Stating the basis is what makes utilisation figures comparable between assets and between organisations.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Theoretical maximum
Held alongside, because the gap between the two is itself informative.
Measure shared type
The other elements in the utilisation measure
The reading
The utilisation figure itself, with the period it covers.
LearnThe definition of use
What counts as the asset being used.
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