The Dangerous Illusion of “Full Asset Utilization” The cartoon nails a universal mistake: chasing 100% asset utilization. The cheerful worker celebrating “no downtime” is every plant manager’s dream, and every reliability engineer’s nightmare. It’s a reminder that maximizing runtime doesn’t equal maximizing performance. Many organizations interpret “asset utilization” as keeping machines running every minute possible. […] The post Asset Utilization in Maintenance: How to...