--- title: "Blog | Recurline" description: "Practical writing for plant and operations leaders: finding the loss worth fixing, pricing it, and proving the fix held." canonical: https://recurline.com/blog --- Blog # Notes from the plant floor. Plain-spoken pieces on losses, money and decisions. - [Money and finance](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/money) - [Why losses happen](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/why-losses-happen) - [Operations craft](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/operations-craft) [ RSS](https://recurline.com/rss.xml) [ Why losses happen · For operations ## The six big losses in manufacturing, end to end Where a plant's productive time really goes: breakdowns, changeovers, minor stops, slow running, scrap and start-up rejects, followed through one shift. 14 Nov 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/the-six-big-losses-end-to-end)[ Operations craft · For operations ## OEE above 100%? Why a reported OEE can't be right An OEE over 100% means the inputs are wrong. Here are the common reasons a reported OEE fails the sniff test, from a plant manager's point of view. 26 Oct 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/oee-above-100-percent)[ Why losses happen · For operations ## Changeovers vs real losses: separating sanitation from capacity In a dairy plant, much changeover time is mandatory sanitation, not waste. Learn to separate it from recoverable capacity before you chase the wrong time. 24 Oct 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/changeovers-vs-real-losses)[ Money and finance · For finance ## What a board pack should say about downtime savings A template for finance and operations: how to report downtime savings to a board with labelled tiers, honest ranges and only confirmed money as ROI. 21 Oct 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/what-a-board-pack-should-say-about-downtime-savings)[ Money and finance · For finance ## A worked example: one filler, one quarter, one signed-off saving An illustrative walk through one filler's quarter: the loss, the price, the owner, the fix and the saving finance signs. Fictional plant, labelled numbers. 19 Oct 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/a-worked-example-one-filler-one-quarter)[ Why losses happen · For operations ## When the machine that stopped isn't the machine to fix In a connected line, the machine that stops is often not the cause. Learn to read a stoppage so the right machine gets fixed and the loss stays fixed. 12 Oct 2026 · 4 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/when-the-machine-that-stopped-isnt-the-one-to-fix)[ Money and finance · For finance ## Three tiers of money: observed, estimated, confirmed Downtime savings need three labels: observed, estimated and confirmed. Only finance-confirmed money counts for ROI. Here is why, and how to use each tier. 8 Oct 2026 · 6 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/three-tiers-of-money)[ Operations craft · For operations ## The Monday loss meeting: why one ranked loss beats twenty A loss meeting works when it leaves with one ranked loss, one owner and one date. Here is how to run it, and what to do with the other nineteen. 6 Oct 2026 · 3 min read ](https://recurline.com/blog/the-monday-loss-meeting) All topics (22) - [board pack](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/board-pack) - [changeover](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/changeover) - [connected lines](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/connected-lines) - [dairy](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/dairy) - [data quality](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/data-quality) - [downtime](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/downtime) - [evidence](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/evidence) - [finance](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/finance) - [loss meeting](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/loss-meeting) - [loss pricing](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/loss-pricing) - [oee](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/oee) - [ownership](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/ownership) - [prioritisation](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/prioritisation) - [reporting](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/reporting) - [roi](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/roi) - [root cause](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/root-cause) - [sanitation](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/sanitation) - [savings](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/savings) - [six big losses](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/six-big-losses) - [tpm](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/tpm) - [utilities](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/utilities) - [worked example](https://recurline.com/blog/tag/worked-example)